suggestion: seems to only be one level of bounciness, and it only applies at the end of the scroll. itd be cool to see the screen morph while the scroll occurs as a function of the velocity of the scroll, and giving a bounce that's appropriate to the change in velocity.
And yes, Microsoft has patented it.
Here's how you can say the same in a more positive manner:
> This is neat, and it would be even better if there was feedback when…
To keep up the hacker spirit, I find it amusing that the words "but" and "and" are logically equivalent (i.e. they both are representations of the logical ∧ operator), just with different connotations. :)
(Edit: It's actually a social hack to say your negatively toned "but" phrase with a positive "and" instead.)
another example of the HN changes around here.
What I say is that it's very disappointing that this demo goes 95% of the way to create something AWESOME, but those 5% it goes short are very stark and unfortunate. It's like a brand new Ferrari with a scratch. Wouldn't that be disappointing? Even though it's a Ferrari which is awesome.
The problem is that feelings are 95% positive and 5% negative, but my comment is 50/50. So it may seem that I'm being negative, when in fact I'm 95% positive. Hence those missing 5% are so disappointing.
Great job though, it's really neat (this goes without saying...).
Edit: The reason I talk about the negative is because it can be made better. I find it less useful to talk about positive because it's already good, so there's nothing to be done.
Interpreted that way, it's fine constructive feedback. But it's easy to see how it would be taken as a self-entitled complaint.
Somewhat odd when scrolling via keyboard, though, since the "force" applied is always fixed.
I have used different desktops and I have used every bell & whistle available. And I have really enjoyed them, sure, but just for three or four days.
I think there's a lot of movement in that scroll, it's battery consuming, and it just doesn't provide any help for the user.
But don't get me wrong, I think it's a nice project to test your design skills, keep up working =)
But would prefer the icons to not shrink. Keep it simple with the bend.
edit: This does not show up in IE
