Parallax.js
Dev tools
javascript library
SHOW HN2012
108points
35comments
#197of 1,677 in 2012
Top 12%of 2012 by points
How HN took it
MixedNo clear lean
2 positive, 8 neutral or asking, 4 mixed, 7 critical, out of 21 comments about the project. Thread score -0.22.
Execution: 0 for, 4 againstDesign: 1 for, 2 againstPerformance: 0 for, 1 againstIdea: 1 for, 0 against
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What HN said
What people liked
Useful idea for scrolling landscapes
From 1 comment
Nice! I happened across a site yesterday that really could have used this (http://www.nofrks.com/). Parallax looks great for scrolling landscapes -- a demo of something like that…
arscan on HN
Objections
Parallax effect hard to see on the demo background
From 3 comments
I would expect a demo for Parallax.js to demonstrate the parallax effect. If it's there, it's impossible to see with the dark repeating background.
dangrossman on HNPlease use a higher contrast pattern for the demo! I didn't even notice there was a pattern in the background until I read it in a comment here...
moe on HNFirst off, very nice. I'm working on an app this would be perfect for, assuming the performance is good on mobile devices. With that said, I have to agree with @dangrossman I…
masukomi on HN
Does not work in Firefox
From 3 comments
Is this limited to Webkit? Doesn't seem to work on Firefox 10.
callmevlad on HNAre you sure? It doesn't display properly for me in either Firefox 10 (pretty clean Development profile) or 13 (not so much). The page basically works, but there is no parallax…
morsch on HNI like the effect, don't like that it doesn't work in Firefox, I do like the subtle pattern (people, calibrate your displays), I don't like that it "breaks" the back button: for…
morsch on HN
Fails on IE8 due to a stray comma
From 2 comments
It should allow continues clicking/sliding; right now you have to wait until the next slide is positioned. An also there is an extra comma in the line 96 and that is one of the…
jQueryIsAwesome on HNIf your website does not load correctly with IE8, which has the largest market share in the IE group and is also about 20%-30% of all internet browsers, this is a failure,…
powertower on HN
Transitions lag on mobile
From 1 comment
very nice! you may want to consider doing these transitions with CSS3 and falling back to javascript top/left animations because they are optimized for mobile. The transitions…
dmvaldman on HN
Requests
Use CSS3 transitions for smoother animation
From 2 comments
very nice! you may want to consider doing these transitions with CSS3 and falling back to javascript top/left animations because they are optimized for mobile. The transitions…
dmvaldman on HNEven on desktops, CSS3 transitions are much smoother than Javascript.
fuzionmonkey on HN
Add a license file
From 1 comment
Very cool. I'm not seeing a license file, or any mention of licensing. You might want to toss that in there, if you want to allow / encourage people to use it.
jerfelix on HN
Support continuous clicking and sliding
From 1 comment
It should allow continues clicking/sliding; right now you have to wait until the next slide is positioned. An also there is an extra comma in the line 96 and that is one of the…
jQueryIsAwesome on HN
Hook into browser back button
From 2 comments
Nice! I happened across a site yesterday that really could have used this (http://www.nofrks.com/). Parallax looks great for scrolling landscapes -- a demo of something like that…
arscan on HNI like the effect, don't like that it doesn't work in Firefox, I do like the subtle pattern (people, calibrate your displays), I don't like that it "breaks" the back button: for…
morsch on HN
Questions
Does it work on iPad?
From 1 comment
Does it work on the iPad though? Many of these parallax implementations don't.
g8oz on HN
Alternatives named
stellar.js
From 1 comment
A fellow Melbournite has done something similar with stellar.js http://markdalgleish.com/projects/stellar.js The iOS demo is especially awesome.
aaronmoodie on HN