9 squares – The Man in Blue
Some lovely little animation experiments from Cameron.
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The Layouts of Tomorrow | Max Böck - Frontend Web Developer
A walkthrough of the process of creating a futuristic interface with CSS (grid and animation).
While this is just one interpretation of what’s possible, I’m sure there are countless other innovative ideas that could be realized using the tools we have today.
page-transitions-travelapp
A demo of page transition animations by Sarah—she’s written about how she did it. I really like it as an example of progressive enhancement: you can navigate around the site just fine, but with JavaScript you get the smooth transitions as a bonus.
All of this reminds me of Jake’s proposal for navigation transitions in the browser. I honestly think this would solve 80% of the use-cases for single page apps.
Parallax scrolling with CSS variables | basicScroll
Don’t let the title fool you—this isn’t just for parallax scrolling (thank goodness!)—it’s for triggering any CSS updates based on scroll position. Using CSS custom properties makes a lot of sense. The JavaScript/CSS bridge enabled by custom properties is kind of their superpower. (That’s one of the reasons why I don’t like calling them “CSS variables” which makes them sound like Sass variables—they’re so much more than that!)
Your Interactive Makes Me Sick - Features - Source: An OpenNews project
Browsers have had consistent scrolling behavior for years, even across vendors and platforms. There’s an established set of physics, and if you muck with the physics, you can assume you’re making some people sick.
Guidelines to consider before adding swooshy parallax effects:
- Respect the Physics
- Remember that We Call Them “Readers”
- Ask for Consent
Given all the work that goes into a powerful piece of journalism—research, interviews, writing, fact-checking, editing, design, coding, testing—is it really in our best interests to end up with a finished product that some people literally can’t bear to scroll through?
Dwitter
A social network for snippets of JavaScript effects in canvas, written in 140 characters or fewer. Impressive!
Animista
What a great way to play around with CSS animations!
CSS and SVG animation workshop by codebarbrighton
There were two days of Codebar workshopping on the weekend as part of the Brighton Digital Festival. Cassie talked people through this terrific CSS animation tutorial, making this nifty Brighton-based piece.
Short Trip - Alexander Perrin
Well, this is simply delightful.
SVG can do THAT?! by sdrasner
119 slides from Sarah on a wide range of SVG magic (with code).
Responsive Design for Motion | WebKit
A really great overview of using prefers-reduced-motion to tone down CSS animations.
This post was written by James Craig, and I’m going to take this opportunity to say a big “thank you!” to James for all the amazing accessibility work he has been doing at Apple through the years. The guy’s a goddamn hero!
Nick Jones - Interface Prototyper / Designer
A really interesting and well-executed portfolio site, utterly let down by the tone of this demeaning and insulting piece of copy:
WARNING: Do not proceed if you suffer from vertigo or if you find experimental interfaces offensive.
(Pssst: copy is also interface.)
Electronic Items
I love the way Guillaume Kurkdjian uses animation here to demonstrate how these gadgets from the ’90s would work.
An Introduction to the Reduced Motion Media Query | CSS-Tricks
A new media query that will help prevent you making your users hurl.
Spatial Interfaces — Elepath Exports — Medium
A detailed and humorous deep dive into motion design and spatial depth in digital interfaces.
The Internet of Actual Things on The Morning News
A vision of neurotic network-enabled objects, as prototyped by dConstruct speaker Simone Rebaudengo.
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In case you missed it earlier…
A List Apart: Articles: Everything in its Right Pace
A great article by Hannah, focusing on the Long Web—it isn’t about the quantity of data you’re publishing; it’s the quality. This builds nicely on the article I linked to recently about digital scarcity.
[this is aaronland] “an index of reality”
Aaron should definitely skyblog more often if this is the result.
Sound of Summer
This is sooo nifty: Chloe’s obsessive Summer music visualisation is a lesson in responsive design and progressive enhancement. It’s also pretty fascinating.