Rik Schennink

Shiny.js - Shiny reflections for mobile websites 🌟

🌟 A vanilla JavaScript library for adding shiny reflections to HTML elements.

📱 Reflections move when the user rotates or twists their device.

🖼 Currently supports text, backgrounds, and borders

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Rik Schennink
Hi! For the past couple of weeks I've been experimenting with the 'deviceorientation' event, I figured I could use it to make materials on the web come to life on mobile devices (read "devices that have gyroscopes"). The result of this is Shiny.js, a tiny JavaScript library that can add reflections to text, backgrounds, and borders. Resulting in more lifelike graphics. Note, this is still experimental, it needs some more testing on Android and iOS landscape mode. I'm extending my mobile device lab so hope to be able to test on Android next week. In the meantime, enjoy!
Jose Acevedo

lo mas probable es que no funcione bien en muchos dispositivos que no corran bien javascript.

Pros:

this is a different idea

Cons:

performance

Dmytro Levchenko
This is fun :) and I think that no one wiggle their phones that gently, so I’d made it not that sensitive
Rik Schennink
@levchenkod Will have to investigate further ;-)
Drew Reynolds
The reflection looks great @rikschennink! Having a blast messing around with it on my phone. Do you have any plans for a click-and-drag version on desktop?
Rik Schennink
@nydrewreynolds On the desktop the screen would not actually rotate/tilt so I'm afraid the effect then quickly becomes a bit tacky while on mobile it's actually quite subtle. I'm on the fence about this, I think it would also require actual tilt of virtual elements to make it feel more real.
Dima Braven
Great library. Congrats with the launch!
Rik Schennink
@dimablover Thanks Dima!
Armen
Very innovative
Yaël Guilloux
Really sweet, good job 😃
Rik Schennink
@tahul Thanks!
Andrei
Super cool! Congrats 👍
Rik Schennink
@andrei_nedelcu Thanks Andrei!
Kevin Coyle
Just tested this out on my Samsung S8. Works pretty well! Great work
Rik Schennink
@kevin_coyle Good to know! Thanks for testing, Kevin!
Jamie Galbreath
Super cool... Super simple