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animation design
SHOW HN2016
How HN took it
5 positive, 2 neutral or asking, 0 mixed, 8 critical, out of 15 comments about the project. Thread score -0.17.
Execution: 1 for, 1 againstIdea: 1 for, 1 againstDesign: 0 for, 2 againstDocs: 0 for, 2 againstPricing: 0 for, 1 against
The thread, comment by comment
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What HN said
What people liked
Smooth, impressive animation
From 2 comments
> open-source Take a look at his licensing page. [1] Certainly isn't Open Source in the traditional sense and the terms are pretty convoluted; again IMO the reason for it not…
OzzyB on HNI'd bet that most people who have done advanced animation work [with code] can see exactly what Chris means. I certainly can. There is incredible motion design work that is…
GreenSock on HN
GreenSock is a strong animation library
From 3 comments
It is. But it's never got much love outside of Advertising/Marketing circles (was originally a animation toolkit for Flash, now JS) because it was closed source and pay-to-use.…
OzzyB on HNWith over 1.6 million sites using GreenSock (and growing fast), I'd say it's gotten plenty of love outside Advertising/Marketing circles ;) It's widely seen as the go-to…
GreenSock on HNI've worked with Greensock extensively at work. It's a fun library with its own community. Once I figure out how to play nicely with React, I hope to use it extensively in my pet…
abustamam on HN
Objections
Code is ill-suited to design work compared to visual tools
From 3 comments
Yup. "I design with code" sounds a bit like "I clean floors with a power drill". A powerful tool, indeed, but very ill-suited for that job.
TeMPOraL on HN> There is incredible motion design work that is purely accomplished in code. Certain things are faster and far more flexible in that medium. There are, but not that much. Look…
TeMPOraL on HNNeat, but a bit ironic since the visualisation is "using a GUI" to design stuff.
wingerlang on HN
Code-based animation is hard to read and tweak
From 2 comments
Yeah, I don't see how this kind of code is helpful for design (taken from the codepen). ``` mainLineMask[0].getAttribute('d'), mainLine2MaskPath =…
tarr11 on HNI understand that, and as a developer, I'm used to working with stuff like this. However, without some sort of interactive IDE, this just feels like magic numbers. The code…
tarr11 on HN
Not novel; coded SVG/CSS animation is common
From 1 comment
I dont see how this is even slightly novel, or interesting. I say this because there's endless examples of cool svg and css driven animation and interactive art that is 'coded'.
brett40324 on HN
Blank screen on phone and weaker in Firefox
From 2 comments
I see a blank screen on phone.
nojvek on HNThe visualization is much less interesting in Firefox.
TrisMcC on HN
Requests
Less code and more visual content
From 1 comment
I would like to see less code and more of everything else. This is funny though :-)
eliangidoni on HN
Questions
Whether GreenSock is now open source
From 2 comments
So it's now open-source? If so, cool. > was originally a animation toolkit for Flash, now JS I wonder how difficult that transition was.
pmarreck on HN> open-source Take a look at his licensing page. [1] Certainly isn't Open Source in the traditional sense and the terms are pretty convoluted; again IMO the reason for it not…
OzzyB on HN
Alternatives named
Adobe Flash
From 1 comment
So it's now open-source? If so, cool. > was originally a animation toolkit for Flash, now JS I wonder how difficult that transition was.
pmarreck on HN
Photoshop and other GUI design tools
From 1 comment
Different kind of patterns. Design is about visual abstractions; code is more about textual and conceptual abstractions. The design space of a visual medium tends to be much…
TeMPOraL on HN