Addictive and sticky HTML5 experiment

http://www.spielzeugz.de/html5/sticky-thing

by Nic0 • 15 years ago

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lloeki• 15 years ago

Hopefully it's Saturday. I've played with this for too long before coming back to comment.

It actually took me a good minute to realize it made use of the accelerometer.

trocker• 15 years ago

no denying. its addictive alright.

funvit• 15 years ago

wow

tpowell• 15 years ago

Pinch to resize it, too. This is amazing. It's working flawlessly in mobile Safari (iOS 5). Well done.

bmuon• 15 years ago

On Mobile Safari it actually works with the accelerometer! You can toss it around by shaking your device

jeromeparadis• 15 years ago

Works well on my iOS 4 iPas too.thanks for the risizing tip! It's awesome.

Hopka• 15 years ago

If all you see is a blank page, enable cookies and reload.

Andi• 15 years ago

Buy the real sticky thingy, then you can even eat it.

valjavec• 15 years ago

They also have a Flash version - http://spielzeugz.de/lab/sticky-thing/flash/

While there is no way to run Flash on iOS devices, accelerometer works only with iOS.

I belive that's what Steve was talking about in his Thought on Flash where he concludes:

"Flash was created during the PC era – for PCs and mice. Flash is a successful business for Adobe, and we can understand why they want to push it beyond PCs. But the mobile era is about low power devices, touch interfaces and open web standards – all areas where Flash falls short."

Kudos to html5 and guys creating this experiment. It's awesome!

verroq• 15 years ago

Flash version has much better performance.

watty3• 15 years ago

That's silly, had Steve Jobs wanted Flash to work on iOS it would work fine on iOS. Of course it doesn't work.

Power consumption in HTML5 is still higher than equivalent Flash, touch is a non-issue but standards is where HTML5 shines. I believe many times technologists focus too much on the platform rather than delivering a product. There's still a place for Flash and HTML5 is getting better (but is hindered by fragmented browser support).

http://www.craftymind.com/guimark3/

mikeash2• 15 years ago

Does Flash work fine on other mobile devices? Every report I've heard indicates that it performs badly (to the point that watching video doesn't really work) and uses a great deal of power, although my sources certainly could be biased.

melling• 15 years ago

Microsoft made the same statements about Flash for IE10 on tablets with Metro UI.

http://www.wired.com/gadgetlab/2011/09/no-flash-windows-8-me...

Would they have not made this statement if it were not for Apple?

CubicleNinjas• 15 years ago

Really? I thought Adobe had some say into how well Flash works. I was under the impression if Adobe could have gotten together some code that actually worked well it could have had possibly had a chance. It appears I should have been blaming Steve Jobs for not fixing another company's crippled technology.

Flash's crashing 3 times for me this morning, across two computers, shows Adobe's commitment to excellence.

quanticle• 15 years ago

>I believe many times technologists focus too much on the platform than delivering a product.

Well, that's for one of two reasons. First, platforms are more technically interesting than products. A product just does one thing. A platform can do many things, and it's the adaptability and extensibility of a platform that makes it more interesting than a product.

Secondly, often technologists aren't so concerned about the individual product as they are the about the market for products. A platform with standardized interfaces and specifications will have a more robust market of products running on it than a platform with proprietary interfaces and specifications.

MostAwesomeDude2• 15 years ago

This requires JS; could you amend the title to note that?

artursapek2• 15 years ago

I think people assume fun HTML5 HN links are probably going to use Javascript

prodigal_erik• 15 years ago

This document is not only broken but completely blank without trusting some random author's javascript—no content whatsoever, not even a warning that they neglected progressive enhancement. It's not a HTML experiment at all.

EDIT: oh, there is a warning, but it's only rendered if canvas is not implemented, and merely links to the not-quite-blank version which requires trusting their actionscript instead. It also blames the browser for the quality of their authoring.

Omnipresent• 15 years ago

this is excellent! care to share code?

sunsu• 15 years ago

I'm surprised at how well it worked on my first gen iPad!

joejohnson• 15 years ago

Wow, that's very impressive.

vyrotek• 15 years ago

This officially entertained my 3 year old. I just put the browser on full screen and she had a blast. :)

moonfern• 15 years ago

I think it's ideal to learn my 14 month old boy the concept of the mouse/screen.

alexwolfe• 15 years ago

Really cool experiment. I'd love to see a breakdown and explanation of the code. It would be interesting to hear how you went about creating this. Thanks.

philjackson• 15 years ago

Also fun: http://www.spielzeugz.de/html5/liquid-chars.html

TheIronYuppie• 15 years ago

Came here to say how nice it is that I can click through a link (for once) and not have it go blank thanks to IE9. It's a rare occurance, but nice change to be sure.

Addictive and sticky HTML5 experiment

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