Oh I see... FYI: Click on the background somewhere near text. I was clicking on links and you dont get the 'smush' effect unless you click on the background....and hovering over links gives a rainbow colored effect.
I guess its cool.... but no, not really.
Nice hack (especially when you're clicking around), but what caught my eye was that maybe for the first time, Safari is actually waaay faster than Chrome or Firefox.
This is (roughly) the framerate I got when I tried it on the these three browsers (all latest versions, Windows Vista):
Safari: 60 fps (or 30, or whatever "completely smooth" means)
Chrome: 20 fps (compared to Safari)
Firefox: 30 fps (compared to Safari)
A great piece of engineering, but I have to say... just because you can do something, doesn't mean you should.
I hate too much negativity, though, so I'll repeat my, "Well done."
Go to the very bottom and click "What's the email?". That effect is awesome!
hover? seriously? Didn't mouseovers become a big design no-no, now that tablets are in and PCs are out? I hope I remember to check this later when I'm on my laptop.
ps. I love desandro's isotope library
That's hideous.
Kinda reminds me of my old flash text effects. http://0.s3.envato.com/files/42885/preview.swf (second and forth one)
This is awesome, too: http://metafizzy.co/ (also from David DeSandro)
Hover over the logo and watch how the colors on the page change
Reminds me of the bright colours of geocities days
click/click and drag on anything but the links.
This simple effect reminds me of the hey day of horrible animated GIF files, entertaining nonetheless and pretty awesome that this kind of effect can be done without using images.
Aside: David DeSandro is awesome. His jQuery Masonry plugin has saved me so many times when I've been tasked to build a horizontal site.