Just set a cookie, and check for it before starting the animation, and then display the elements in their final position. Another way would be to present a link on the page to disable the animation, using a parameter to the page that can be checked in the javascript. When someone disabled cookies in the browser, he'll get the animation every time, but who does that these days?
And yes, I also like the scriptaculous animation, that is why I came up with Wicket's first attempt. It should be distinctive enough from the scriptaculous version as to not create too much a "we copied from them". The tasks for this animation: 1. update the texts and links to point to the correct locations on the new Wicket site: http://wicket.apache.org 2. make the bouncing logo smaller so it runs better on slow machines 3. tweak the animation to run smoothly in the major browsers: IE6, IE7, Firefox 2/3 (and Safari?) Or come up with a proposal for an animation that is less complex but just as fun and short to not annoy. Gerolf: can we split these tasks into multiple ones or add new tasks? Martijn On Nov 30, 2007 12:57 PM, Xavier Hanin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Disclaimer (especially for Phillippe): I'm not a wicket committer, so take > my words for what they are: a single opinion > > I'm personally not a big fan of animations, even if I agree that they > improve the sex appeal of the home page the first time you see it. > > So I'd rather focus on well presented content and what really attract > newcomers (like a clean layout and content organized by themes, the > example > of script.acuo.us is pretty good from this point of view IMHO), and make > the > animation short enough to avoid being too annoying in the long term. > Another > solution (if possible) would be to have an alternative home page with no > animation for old thinking people like me :-) But if this requires twice > the > maintenance effort, this is not a solution. If it can be only a parameter > to > the script, it would be nice. > > My 2c. > > Xavier > > On Nov 30, 2007 8:05 AM, Gerolf Seitz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > hi phillippe, > > i'd say the appearance doesn't have to be like [0]. > > in fact, if you come up with a simpler solution regarding the animation > > (see scriptaculous for an example), > > which contains information that attracts new users (eg. llinks to the > > various "getting started" sections), > > that would be more than welcome ;) > > > > what do others think? martijn? > > > > regards, > > Gerolf > > > > On Nov 30, 2007 1:24 AM, Phillippe Prohoroff < > > [EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > Hi, > > > I am interested in participating in "The Google Highly Open > > Participation > > > Contest" by working on the issue "Wicket: Create animated launch page > > for > > > website." I wanted to ask if I am correct in believing that the > purpose > > of > > > this task is to create a page with the same appearance as > > > http://people.apache.org/~dashorst/animation/animator.html< > http://people.apache.org/%7Edashorst/animation/animator.html> > > <http://people.apache.org/%7Edashorst/animation/animator.html>, > > > but having the same content as http://wicket.apache.org/. Is this > > > correct? Thank You.Phillippe Prohoroff > > > > > > -- > Xavier Hanin - Independent Java Consultant > http://xhab.blogspot.com/ > http://ant.apache.org/ivy/ > http://www.xoocode.org/ > -- Buy Wicket in Action: http://manning.com/dashorst Apache Wicket 1.3.0-rc1 is released Get it now: http://www.apache.org/dyn/closer.cgi/wicket/1.3.0-rc1/
