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Dynamic JS Animations for the Mobile Web

Shown by coderzach on Aug 28, 2014. Click the card to turn it over.

93points

31comments

#301of 2,272 in 2014

Top 14%of 2014 by points

How HN took it

DebatedReal support and real criticism

7 positive, 3 neutral or asking, 2 mixed, 4 critical, out of 16 comments about the project. Thread score +0.20.

Performance: 4 for, 0 againstExecution: 0 for, 4 againstIdea: 2 for, 0 against

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Animations are very smooth and performant
From 4 comments
- Very cool! The animations are just buttery smooth. coderzach, since you're here and responding, how would you compare your library to Velocity?…
  drhayes9 on HN
- Very nice and performant. What's the secret?
  Kiro on HN
- Can't comment on ease of use yet, but these animations are amazingly smooth on my computer and my phone, even when stacked and applied to a screen full of elements. Will…
  bestrapperalive on HN
- Very impressive and smooth transitions. Will definitely give this more attention. Thanks for sharing.
  shaydoc on HN
Velocity-based physics feels intuitive
From 1 comment
- It seems like such an obvious idea: rather than rely on mathematical guessing games with easing functions, animate the elements at the velocity of the user's gesture and apply…
  drhayes9 on HN

Menu and drag behaviour breaks on some browsers and devices
From 3 comments
- Windows phone: sort-of...ish: The home page title I can flick around, and it reacts to velocity and direction, but if I try and drag it, it lets go before I get very far and goes…
  scoot on HN
- FYI, after dragging the title around, then tapping on the menu icon, the menu is broken. It starts sliding down, but doesn't stop and slides off the page. If I refresh and don't…
  ds206 on HN
- For what it's worth, I see the exact same behavior on the desktop in Firefox 31.0. If I pull the menu down a little bit and release, it goes by itself to the bottom and stops. If…
  jdmichal on HN
Does not work on older iPhone Safari
From 1 comment
- Does not work on my iphone 3Gs using safari. Can't scroll, can't pull down the menu. Trying the inertia scroll, only scrolls the page of the browser, but not the entire text…
  ivanceras on HN

Document supported browsers and devices
From 2 comments
- Great work! Everything looks really smooth on Chrome on Android. Is there a list of targeted mobile browsers on the site or at github? I could not find it.
  jeremya on HN
- Nice work, and I like the demo website too. I couldn't find details on browser support, though....
  jonahx on HN
Windows Phone support
From 1 comment
- Windows phone: sort-of...ish: The home page title I can flick around, and it reacts to velocity and direction, but if I try and drag it, it lets go before I get very far and goes…
  scoot on HN

How does it compare to Velocity.js
From 1 comment
- Very cool! The animations are just buttery smooth. coderzach, since you're here and responding, how would you compare your library to Velocity?…
  drhayes9 on HN
Does jQuery animate still have legacy overhead
From 1 comment
- > It also doesn't rely on jquery animate, which has a lot of extra cruft to run on older browsers and support legacy code. Writing the rendering in pure javascript helps a ton.…
  tfb on HN