Re:Show HN: I built 48 lightweight SVG backgrounds you can c...
by echoangle on Wednesday March 18, 2026 @07:23PM
(#47432644)
I think it’s kind of common to have the background for the whole document and then have an overlay with a solid color (and maybe less-than-100% opacity if you’re daring) on which the main content with all the text is shown. This works best for browser that are full screen on PC screens of course where you want to limit text width anyways. On mobile or narrow windows, you don’t have a lot of space to show the background.
Re:Show HN: I built 48 lightweight SVG backgrounds you can c...
by BoppreH on Wednesday March 18, 2026 @07:26PM
(#47432674)
Thanks. I'm already doing something similar, but I feel like the background that is visible on the sides is still somewhat distracting. Might be my imagination though.
Re:Show HN: I built 48 lightweight SVG backgrounds you can c...
by dietr1ch on Thursday March 19, 2026 @09:53AM
(#47439483)
I think that keeping it fixed on scrolling and giving it low saturation should be enough to keep them from being distracting. And obviously, no animations, although a really slow one might work.
Re:Show HN: I built 48 lightweight SVG backgrounds you can c...
by visiwig on Wednesday March 18, 2026 @11:59PM
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I took a look at FireFox and I think it's working, but not obvious that you need to slide the top range slider for the full effect. It would look better if I reversed the effect, I'll have to rethink that.
Re:Show HN: I built 48 lightweight SVG backgrounds you can c...
by sickmartian on Thursday March 19, 2026 @09:48AM
(#47439394)
firefox (148.0.2) on linux, the preview for me is not working
tried them on chrome, it works fine, nice work
Re:Show HN: I built 48 lightweight SVG backgrounds you can c...
by lelanthran on Thursday March 19, 2026 @12:59AM
(#47435150)
> Though I think some of them are not working on Firefox; the blue and green vortices are rendered as a single blue rectangle and a single green hexagon.
Move the sliders
I wonder how people are using them in a way that is not distracting to the main content. I've found that high-frequency patterns (small details with sharp transitions) can be a bit distracting, but I haven't found a good solution that doesn't compromise the beauty of the backgrounds.