Space Buckets, a Community of DIY LED Gardeners

Re:Space Buckets, a Community of DIY LED Gardeners by ekrof on Sunday October 25, 2015 @08:56AM (#10446768)

I'm working on that :) The site is a constant work in progress, like a bucket.

Without Javascript you disable AJAX, basically. Its a good thing that it still works, but it needs to be faster overall.

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Re:Space Buckets, a Community of DIY LED Gardeners by afandian on Sunday October 25, 2015 @09:10AM (#10446789)

Like I said, it's really interesting to see all this stuff.

I'll be honest, the AJAX doesn't add anything for me. My ideal webpage has zero movement except scrolling. Things which I would suggest you changed, if you aksed me:

- loading images as you scroll. Let the browser do that. I'm probably going to look at all of them so I'd rather they load before I look rather than waiting for them.

- simulating a loading bar when my browser already has that

- breaking standard keyboard shortcuts (space and shift-space don't work)

- having headings that should be static move around on page load (that's a CSS thing)

- fading in and out on transitions

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Re:Space Buckets, a Community of DIY LED Gardeners by ekrof on Sunday October 25, 2015 @09:25AM (#10446811)

Thanks for the honest feedback! I appreciate it a lot.

I'm commited to AJAX for the site, I think it can work great after many iterations and tunings. The site has over 50% of mobile traffic and tries to feel like a webapp on those devices. It has been very interesting to see that percentage grow.

Animations in CSS are pretty hard to get right, I see what you mean. I'm not a fan of the fade either. I didn't know about the shortcuts, I'll definitely look into that.

Cheers from Argentina!

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Re:Space Buckets, a Community of DIY LED Gardeners by com2kid on Sunday October 25, 2015 @12:06PM (#10447222)

On mobile the visuals are quite nice. :)

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