I appreciate the idea behind this, and it's an excellent technical demonstration. Very impressive and all that.
I'd just like to, however, preempt anyone from thinking that this kind of thing is appropriate for books or texts of any sort. Can't select anything, can't hash-link through to a paragraph, have to wait for the transition, have to orient it right... it's not much fun. If you're looking for a UI for this kind of thing for whichever project you were going to do (most likely some menu for some restaurant), I'd much rather have the Kindle-approach apply.
No UI, just the book. It's lovely. It's liberating. Skeuomorphism usually deserves contempt. Not always. But usually.
I'd like to just post "doesn't work". But of course a comment like that isn't very useful. On Mac OS 10.6.8 with Chrome, It will only drag the image around and does not apply any CSS3 animations whatsoever.
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[ 3.5 ms ] story [ 15.3 ms ] threadI'd just like to, however, preempt anyone from thinking that this kind of thing is appropriate for books or texts of any sort. Can't select anything, can't hash-link through to a paragraph, have to wait for the transition, have to orient it right... it's not much fun. If you're looking for a UI for this kind of thing for whichever project you were going to do (most likely some menu for some restaurant), I'd much rather have the Kindle-approach apply.
No UI, just the book. It's lovely. It's liberating. Skeuomorphism usually deserves contempt. Not always. But usually.
so... flash! I always wonder why newer versions of html, css become more and more similar with what flash is. A new vision is needed.