HN Explorer

14 comments

[ 116 ms ] story [ 597 ms ] thread
chrisbroadfoot
One question: Why?
nihilocrat
Well, at least the creator seems to understand the gimmickyness of the effect:

But please, use it wisely. If it starts popping up everywhere and becomes “that annoying javascript thing”, I'll be very upset.

invisible
Probably because he was sick of using flash to make something "flashy" that catches the user's attention. But yes, use this sparingly.
sammyo
Because some people deeply lust after the page turn effect. No accounting for taste...
grouchyOldGuy
Have you thought about modifying it so that it's not just eye candy, but can also be used for navigation (like proceeding to the page uncovered behind the curl)?
wenbert
aside from that, it would be also nice to put some real content behind the fold (EG: a preview for the next page or something).
jbrun
It would be cool if this could be used to mark important pages on a site by individual users. Sort of like a bookmark, but more user-friendly. Users could quickly see a list of pages they have dog-eared and go back to them.
jonursenbach
It would be "gorgeous" if it was animated, but as it is it's kind of kitschy. Doubt I'll be using this in any of my projects.
elliottkember
Try clicking the "demo page" link - it can be animated :)
Spyckie
Doing this kind of thing is good publicity for his blog.

I won't use this, but I would think about modifying it to my own tastes.

zupatol
He does not bother mentioning that it does not work with internet explorer. It would be nice if ie already was that irrelevant.
elliottkember
Thanks - fixed. It now works with IE7. IE6 is a lost cause.
numair
Congratulations Elliott, you've invented a new ad product.