[HN Gopher] Swarm
___________________________________________________________________
Swarm
Author : aphrax
Score : 62 points
Date : 2023-04-11 14:30 UTC (8 hours ago)
(HTM) web link (www.vitling.xyz)
(TXT) w3m dump (www.vitling.xyz)
| coley wrote:
| Odd that the music only kicks in for me after I tab away. When I
| tab back, the music stops.
| WirelessGigabit wrote:
| For me the audio stutters when I look at it, but it plays
| smoothly when I am in a different tab.
| amarant wrote:
| There's music? I didn't get any at all!
|
| I guess that explains why I couldn't understand the point of
| this... For a while I thought it was just a kinda cool but
| nothing special particle effect, and wondered what it was even
| doing on the HN front-page.
|
| OP:I dunno what the issue is but I didn't get any sound on
| Android. Might be a bug in your page. Sorry for the detail-free
| bug report.
| capableweb wrote:
| I was just gonna write the same thing. First I opened it in
| Firefox, which works fine for a couple of seconds, then the
| audio glitches out. Then I decided to try Chrome, as many of
| these "toys" are ever only tried in Chrome, but then this
| happened instead.
| SubiculumCode wrote:
| its neat, but I was left wondering if it was interactive, a
| movie, etc.
| spire234 wrote:
| very cool
| devteambravo wrote:
| Humans exploring space
| Zisko wrote:
| Add a seizure warning to this please! There is no indication that
| clicking to proceed will cause flashing and moving lights.
| kylecazar wrote:
| This just gave me an idea for a browser extension.
| cal85 wrote:
| How would that work?
| faeyanpiraat wrote:
| The screen would flash anytime you clicked with your mouse.
| smegsicle wrote:
| and also whenever you least expect it
| andsoitis wrote:
| How common is photosensitive epilepsy?
|
| This is when seizures are triggered by certain rates of
| flashing lights or contrasting light and dark patterns.
|
| Around 1 in 100 people has epilepsy and of these people, around
| 3% have photosensitive epilepsy. Photosensitive epilepsy is
| more common in children and young people (up to 5%) and is less
| commonly diagnosed after the age of 20.
|
| Source: https://epilepsysociety.org.uk/about-
| epilepsy/epileptic-seiz...
| retrocryptid wrote:
| Common enough.
| miked85 wrote:
| I think much more common after one visits this site.
| graypegg wrote:
| I immediately thought about that, my first go at it started
| with a big glitchy rapidly-flashing ball right in the middle of
| the screen. (Not sure if it should be like that? iOS safari,
| iOS16.0) Kind of the worst case scenario.
| canto wrote:
| And a mute button.
| ptzolov wrote:
| I don't get it
| mlindner wrote:
| The noise used in the toy isn't very pleasing to the ears.
| groby_b wrote:
| Yep. And more importantly, give an indication you're going to
| make noise, and give people an option to turn it off before it
| starts.
| NickBusey wrote:
| To each their own I guess. I listened to it with headphones,
| and it was very soothing.
| MyFirstSass wrote:
| This was amazing to me for some weird reason. The synths
| especially.
___________________________________________________________________
(page generated 2023-04-11 23:01 UTC)