Comment by bitpush
1 day ago
(replying to self)
I just checked out the demo site, and now I'm question their design choices as well.
https://simple-blog.nuejs.org/
Nue claims to be minimalist and an outright rejection of everything that is bloated. And yet, this simple page has an obnoxious blur. I get that it kinda looks nice on first load, but click around - the blur happens on each navigation.
This screams form over function if anything.
I believe the "obnoxious blur" is a common view transition API animation [1]. Astro uses similar as a default [2].
1. https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/API/View_Transi...
2. https://docs.astro.build/en/guides/view-transitions/#built-i...
Astro uses a crossfade as the default view transition, as is described in the docs you linked, it doesn't use any blur.
I haven't seen `filter: blur` used for view transitions before, wouldn't personally call it obnoxious, but to each their own.
I think as long as prefers-reduced-motion is respected, its' fair game.
I stand corrected--didn't notice at first. I do prefer the crossfade, admittedly.
(replying to self)
I looked at the code, and I'm finding it very hard to take them seriously.
https://github.com/nuejs/nue/blob/4ed9b628f9f307f19bd6dd4d09...
This almost feels like someone taking on a challenge to create a toy framework themselves.
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While we're at it, since the author wanted to poo-poo tailwind. Com'on https://github.com/nuejs/nue/blob/4ed9b628f9f307f19bd6dd4d09...
Check out the Development Philosophy section on our contribution guidelines to understand the difference on Nue's coding style:
https://github.com/nuejs/nue/blob/master/CONTRIBUTING.md#dev...
NOTE: the document was just updated to match this concern
You should clarify that you just updated that doc, based on the discussion here.
It is kinda disingenuous to say "Check out the doc .." which gives the impression that all of the gaps people have identified in this thread was by design all along.
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Please dial back the attacks. This is not an interrogation scene in a crime drama.
Yeah, I was expecting something bigger and more explicit when he went after tailwind. Instead, the author just re-hashed older design patterns (MVC and semantic html decorations from css) without providing context add to when and why you would prefer the older patterns over newer ones. I've been building since the jQuery days, and I totally agree that there are a lot of challenges that people tend to forget from that time. Decoupling html from css just didn't provide much value, but it did create a lot of bike shedding.
I really like how htmx has handled explaining their architectural trade offs. They're very clear about the kind of problem they're solving, how they're solving it, and when/why their solution is better.
This post just has "get off my lawn" vibes without a ton of substance
The _why_ is extensively documented. See:
https://nuejs.org/docs/
Also FAQ:
https://nuejs.org/docs/faq.html
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And it hijacks my back button. It took two clicks to get back to HN. (Fennec/Android)
This blog is for introducing people to Nue's development model rather than a guide to minimalistic design. See
https://nuejs.org/docs/tutorial.html
I like the blur, actually. Well, not that much - it's too much blur.
But I definitely don't like that on top of the blur effect there are scaling animations for each element. I shouldn't be saying this as I'm guilty myself of doing silly things for page transitions in my portfolio, but am working on that.
It's a nice change to see extremely clean html when viewing source though I must admit