Comments on: Artistic Blog Representation http://shawnwilsher.com/archives/190 Wed, 03 Mar 2010 21:06:45 -0800 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 hourly 1 By: meandering wildly » Word bubble memery http://shawnwilsher.com/archives/190/comment-page-1#comment-3312 meandering wildly » Word bubble memery Thu, 11 Dec 2008 16:16:09 +0000 http://shawnwilsher.com/?p=190#comment-3312 [...] Courtesy of Wordle, via Shawn. [...] [...] Courtesy of Wordle, via Shawn. [...]

]]> By: voracity http://shawnwilsher.com/archives/190/comment-page-1#comment-3311 voracity Thu, 11 Dec 2008 12:06:25 +0000 http://shawnwilsher.com/?p=190#comment-3311 @David: Java's not too bad (politically speaking), but it delivers programs in binary blobs and has a very stiff and prudish language design. That clashes with the "open for all, tweak everything" approach that makes Javascript such a gorgeous language. (Yes, I said gorgeous...) Canvas with text support would probably work best for this kind of thing, but that's very bleeding edge. Java's perfectly fine for now. @David: Java’s not too bad (politically speaking), but it delivers programs in binary blobs and has a very stiff and prudish language design. That clashes with the “open for all, tweak everything” approach that makes Javascript such a gorgeous language. (Yes, I said gorgeous…)

Canvas with text support would probably work best for this kind of thing, but that’s very bleeding edge. Java’s perfectly fine for now.

]]> By: Simon http://shawnwilsher.com/archives/190/comment-page-1#comment-3309 Simon Wed, 10 Dec 2008 19:59:24 +0000 http://shawnwilsher.com/?p=190#comment-3309 Shawn - something could presumably be done using CSS Transforms, but I don't know how well implemented that spec is yet. I know Firefox and Webkit have both done some work, but I don't know if any browser actually has it in a released version. Shawn – something could presumably be done using CSS Transforms, but I don’t know how well implemented that spec is yet. I know Firefox and Webkit have both done some work, but I don’t know if any browser actually has it in a released version.

]]> By: Shawn Wilsher http://shawnwilsher.com/archives/190/comment-page-1#comment-3308 Shawn Wilsher Wed, 10 Dec 2008 19:32:13 +0000 http://shawnwilsher.com/?p=190#comment-3308 @David I'd rather see it use web standards and be managed by the browser. Java has always appeared as slow and clunky to me, and I've yet to see an app prove that image wrong sadly. @David
I’d rather see it use web standards and be managed by the browser. Java has always appeared as slow and clunky to me, and I’ve yet to see an app prove that image wrong sadly.

]]> By: David Tenser http://shawnwilsher.com/archives/190/comment-page-1#comment-3307 David Tenser Wed, 10 Dec 2008 19:30:12 +0000 http://shawnwilsher.com/?p=190#comment-3307 What's wrong about Java? It's free, open source, and cross-platform. I'd rather every website used Java than the proprietary Adobe Flash... they only need to work a little on the perf, but if every site used it, that would be the top priority. What’s wrong about Java? It’s free, open source, and cross-platform. I’d rather every website used Java than the proprietary Adobe Flash… they only need to work a little on the perf, but if every site used it, that would be the top priority.

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