Click around, hover over a link

Nice hack (especially when you're clicking around), but what caught my eye was that maybe for the first time, Safari is actually waaay faster than Chrome or Firefox.

This is (roughly) the framerate I got when I tried it on the these three browsers (all latest versions, Windows Vista):

    Safari: 60 fps (or 30, or whatever "completely smooth" means)
    Chrome: 20 fps (compared to Safari)
    Firefox: 30 fps (compared to Safari)

But why? Chrome has always been the fastest (on Windows - on Mac, Safari is somewhat smoother for me)???

Re: Click around, hover over a link

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Post by retlehs » Fri, Sep 28, 2012, 3:58 AM UTC

This is awesome, too: http://metafizzy.co/ (also from David DeSandro)

Hover over the logo and watch how the colors on the page change

Re: Click around, hover over a link

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Post by BryanB55 » Fri, Sep 28, 2012, 4:01 AM UTC

Oh I see... FYI: Click on the background somewhere near text. I was clicking on links and you dont get the 'smush' effect unless you click on the background....and hovering over links gives a rainbow colored effect.

I guess its cool.... but no, not really.

Re: Click around, hover over a link

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Post by DigitalSea » Fri, Sep 28, 2012, 4:02 AM UTC

This simple effect reminds me of the hey day of horrible animated GIF files, entertaining nonetheless and pretty awesome that this kind of effect can be done without using images.

Aside: David DeSandro is awesome. His jQuery Masonry plugin has saved me so many times when I've been tasked to build a horizontal site.

Re: Click around, hover over a link

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Post by tambourine_man » Fri, Sep 28, 2012, 4:09 AM UTC

click/click and drag on anything but the links.

Re: Click around, hover over a link

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Post by wyattdanger » Fri, Sep 28, 2012, 4:18 AM UTC

Go to the very bottom and click "What's the email?". That effect is awesome!