Txt.wav
Creative
text animation library
SHOW HN2016
How HN took it
2 positive, 7 neutral or asking, 0 mixed, 6 critical, out of 15 comments about the project. Thread score -0.24.
Execution: 0 for, 4 againstDesign: 0 for, 1 againstIdea: 1 for, 0 against
The thread, comment by comment
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What HN said
What people liked
Compact, dependency-free animation library
From 1 comment
Thanks for checking out our project! We made this after recreating this functionality a few different times and love giving back to the open source community. Dependency free,…
eorge_g on HN
Reverse video effect when text is selected is fun
From 1 comment
Select the text to enjoy fully in reverse video.
koytch on HN
Objections
Breaks screen readers: each letter read separately in VoiceOver
From 1 comment
Yep, this totally kills VoiceOver (haven't tried other screen readers) the way it's implemented. Each letter gets read separately. Check out ARIA.
gok on HN
Broken on IE and Edge, text prefixed with 'null'
From 1 comment
On IE and Edge, every sentence becomes prefixed with the string "null". This appears to be caused by the code that clears the element content with: ``` el.innerHTML = null; ```…
j4_james on HN
Limited feature set; the first three effects look the same at different speeds
From 1 comment
The first 3 seem to be the same effect at different speeds. Quite a limited feature set.
izolate on HN
Did not work on Firefox 48.0.1 at first
From 1 comment
Not working on Firefox 48.0.1
Deadsunrise on HN
Requests
Put on a CDN for use in CodePen
From 1 comment
can you put this on a CDN so I can bring it into Codepen ?
taivare on HN
Use text animations to highlight code semantics
From 2 comments
I wonder if it's possible to increase readability or fun factor or programming code by adding animations. Like an evaluation to color highlighting. I'm sure you will hate the…
z3t4 on HNThis is a great idea. It pretty much adds a new dimension to syntax highlighting, and can be used for many additional semantics. Network communication, dangerous functions / race…
stingraycharles on HN
Blinking text
From 1 comment
Feature request: blinky text.
horsecaptin on HN
Questions
Is there R&D on animations improving code readability?
From 1 comment
I wonder if it's possible to increase readability or fun factor or programming code by adding animations. Like an evaluation to color highlighting. I'm sure you will hate the…
z3t4 on HN