Mark DiMarco: User Interface Algorithms [JSConf2014]

Why HN readers recommended it

HN links it whenever menu hover problems or nearest-to-pointer selection come up, and as proof algorithms matter in front-end work.

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Video & recommendation details

Creator / channel

JSConf

Topic

user interface algorithms

Format

talk

Level

intermediate

HN recommenders in dataset

4

HN mentions in dataset

6

Recommendation years in dataset

2014–2018

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From the original HN conversations

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• Am I correct thinking you are talking about this bug? [LINK] If so, then yes they are aware of it and treating it as critical. Edit: Reading into this bug is so cool. This video was linked from it, fascinating stuff: [VIDEO]

• Mark DiMarco gave a talk at JSConf 2014 called User Interface Algorithms which touches upon this [VIDEO] relevant section starts at 4:13 rest of the talk is good as well

• Great work! It might be cool if you could use voronoi diagrams to select the closest path to the mouse's position like the NYT did [0] because without really zooming in, the lines on some terrains appear to be very thin which makes hovering over …