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53 points AlexDragusin | 3 comments | 20 Nov 24 00:53 UTC | HN request time: 0.598s | source
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marifjeren ◴[20 Nov 24 02:41 UTC] No.42190368[source]▶
this is neat. i like the guy's confidence. the animations on the work page are very framey for me, not sure if that's by design
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1. AlexDragusin ◴[20 Nov 24 02:43 UTC] No.42190381[source]▶
What do you mean by framey, you mean not very fluid perhaps?
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2. marifjeren ◴[20 Nov 24 03:03 UTC] No.42190481[source]▶
Correct. Choppy, not smooth; it reminds me of playing a video game with performance issues, like the animations are running at five frames per second or something. Similar to this random video I found: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yOqNAgBHMzE
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3. AlexDragusin ◴[20 Nov 24 03:09 UTC] No.42190508[source]▶
The reason for this is due to using GIF and I had to strike a balance between choppiness (frame rate) and file size. If I make it mp4's, on some browsers they don't automatically play. If you enter some of the animations (with red arrow), on the inner page things are more smooth as I mp4 them since the user can easily play there if needed compared to clicking on all the smaller ones on the parent page.