It's always a good time to be in web dev - cool things are happening all the time. That said, I can't see this being the "future" of web development - it doesn't bode well for standards compliance, and I'd love to see how screen readers handle it.
-- Kirk Bushell http://www.kirkbushell.com Follow me: http://twitter.com/kirkbushell On Tue, Jul 14, 2009 at 11:59 AM, Bodaniel Jeanes<[email protected]> wrote: > I know the XUL app you are talking about and it is exactly what I thought of > when I saw it as well. I can't remember it's name though. > IMO this kind of thing impresses me MUCH more than some fancy AS3 code. It's > a good age to be in web dev IMO > > On Tue, Jul 14, 2009 at 11:56 AM, Julio Cesar Ody <[email protected]> > wrote: >> >> - there's a XUL app I saw on some website around that used *exactly* >> that same effect to show pictures. Maybe someone else here saw that as >> well. >> - An ex work buddy of mine replicated that same functionality in >> Flash. He's a very good AS programmer, and it still looked so so. >> - unless you're snapshotting what the browser is rendering with some >> sort of third party plugin, I find it quite unlikely browsing history >> would work. >> >> >> On Tue, Jul 14, 2009 at 11:50 AM, Adam Salter<[email protected]> >> wrote: >> > Woot. >> > Got a suggestion from our JS guru that this would make a great history >> > function for a website. Dynamically load old items as needed. >> > Any idea when it might make it into 'real' Safari/other Webkit clients? >> > Thanks for sharing, >> > -Adam >> > On 14/07/2009, at 11:16 AM, Bodaniel Jeanes wrote: >> > >> > I just found >> > this: http://www.satine.org/archives/2009/07/11/snow-stack-is-here/ >> > That 3d effect is done just with CSS and Javascript. If you have Snow >> > Leopard like I do, the effects are even hardware accelerated (like on >> > the >> > iPhone) and I am able to move through the demo site and Safari barely >> > tops >> > 40% of a single core at full throttle. This is absolutely stunning. >> > Bo >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > > >> > >> >> > > > > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Ruby or Rails Oceania" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rails-oceania?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
