Motion One
Languages and libraries
animation library
SHOW HN2021
327points
58comments
#104of 2,533 in 2021
Top 5%of 2021 by points
How HN took it
CuriousMostly questions and neutral comments
4 positive, 18 neutral or asking, 0 mixed, 8 critical, out of 30 comments about the project. Thread score -0.05.
Execution: 0 for, 5 againstDocs: 0 for, 2 againstPricing: 1 for, 1 againstIdea: 1 for, 0 againstDesign: 1 for, 0 against
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What HN said
What people liked
Clean, simple API and nice documentation
From 3 comments
I think sponsorship to access the github repo is smart. This is similar to what the alpinejs creator did with his "sponsorware" approach. The animations api looks very simple as…
swlkr on HNPretty cool and nice documentation. I liked the sandbox to run the samples, anyone know what library that is used for it?
kennethh on HNThis looks really nice! 2 bits of feedback: - hitting 'play' on your site's demo animations is adding pageviews to my history, which made getting back here to leave feedback…
wcarss on HN
Small bundle size compared to alternatives
From 1 comment
Hi HN! I'm Matt, author of Framer Motion and Popmotion. Today I'm launching my new side-project, Motion One. It's a new animation library built on the Web Animations API (WAAPI).…
SirHound on HN
Objections
Site bugs: back button hijacked, play button adds history entries
From 2 comments
The website hijacked the "back" functionality of my browser. Not a fan of that.
andrewnc on HNThis looks really nice! 2 bits of feedback: - hitting 'play' on your site's demo animations is adding pageviews to my history, which made getting back here to leave feedback…
wcarss on HN
Broken or janky demos on iOS Safari
From 2 comments
The last three examples in the guide don’t work on my iOS Safari. “Options” and “Keyframes” don’t respond, and “Stagger” shows the boxes instantly teleporting. Also, the home…
FractalHQ on HNSafari on IOs
tartoran on HN
Lack of demos on the front page
From 2 comments
My primary measure of interest in animation libraries is demonstrations/showcases of the library in action. I could see nothing like this on the front page so I closed it. I'd…
andrewstuart on HNLooks very interesting -- it would be nice to have more playground/demos. Both of the front page and in the documentation (like what is on the Quick Start page, essentially).
cdubzzz on HN
Requests
More demos and playground examples
From 2 comments
My primary measure of interest in animation libraries is demonstrations/showcases of the library in action. I could see nothing like this on the front page so I closed it. I'd…
andrewstuart on HNLooks very interesting -- it would be nice to have more playground/demos. Both of the front page and in the documentation (like what is on the Quick Start page, essentially).
cdubzzz on HN
Scroll-linked animation support
From 1 comment
Very nice! I recently updated my website traveldays.com with an SVG path animation. The effect is bound to the scroll progress. It looks like you don't support scroll animations…
yunusabd on HN
Animate plain values not only DOM elements
From 1 comment
Hi Matt, loved to see this. Suggestion: it would be great if we could use this to animate a value rather than requiring it to be on a DOM object (or selector). When using this…
drewrbaker on HN
Questions
How does it differ from CSS animations and Framer Motion
From 3 comments
I'm confused about what this does above & beyond css animations/transitions.
seph-reed on HNWhat's the difference between this and something like Framer Motion?
neolander on HNThis looks great! I've used framer-motion in the past and it was great. Could you tell us how Motion One compares to framer-motion?
cristicismas on HN
How the sponsorship-gated repo works with MIT license
From 2 comments
How exactly does that work with the MIT license? If someone sponsors and gains access to the repo, they're permitted to fork and redistribute the code, right?
jaredchung on HNNothing in the MIT license prevents you from doing that. But the author could disable your access to the repo any time, and once that happens, your fork would be forever out of…
jamestanderson on HN
Alternatives named
Framer Motion
From 1 comment
What's the difference between this and something like Framer Motion?
neolander on HN
Popmotion
From 1 comment
You mention here and on the homepage you are the author of Framer Motion and Popmotion but in neither place are there links to those projects. I'd love to check them out so if…
lbotos on HN
GreenSock
From 1 comment
Hi HN! I'm Matt, author of Framer Motion and Popmotion. Today I'm launching my new side-project, Motion One. It's a new animation library built on the Web Animations API (WAAPI).…
SirHound on HN
Anime.js
From 1 comment
Hi HN! I'm Matt, author of Framer Motion and Popmotion. Today I'm launching my new side-project, Motion One. It's a new animation library built on the Web Animations API (WAAPI).…
SirHound on HN
Lottie
From 1 comment
In many cases, "animations on the web" has become Lottie animations. Or, at least, Lottie raises the bar for animation expectations. I'd love to see two things: - A decent free…
flixic on HN