Don't Animate Height

Re:Don't Animate Height by socalgal2 on Tuesday July 22, 2025 @09:33PM (#44654905)

I don't think it would be different for any other system. Trying to make a piece of computer software that is completely responsive to big displays, small displays, touch screens, mice, etc is just a ton of work and a ton of small details you can't easily learn until you need to learn them.

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Re:Don't Animate Height by notatoad on Wednesday July 23, 2025 @02:38PM (#44662507)

yes. i don't mean to unfairly criticize the web as a platform, i just know it's warts because it's the platform i work on.

my criticism is reserved for the concept of "first principles", as if there should be a cohesive and simple set of rules that you can build up all the knowledge you need from. that's just not really how any complicated system works: building a comprehensive understanding of a complicated system takes a lot of work and a lot of time.

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Re:Don't Animate Height by troupo on Wednesday July 23, 2025 @02:57PM (#44662709)

It's not "completely responsive". And literally every other GUI is just as responsive when coded for those screens.

Have you never resized a window on a desktop OS?

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