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2y

Websites that use a snow effect in Winter, with many little snowflakes moving on screen, needlessly drain the battery of mobile devices. Since batteries in portable electronics are usually not replaceable as of 2022, it also shortens the overall useful life of mobile devices.

If web designers feel the need to appear creative, which the snowflake effect isn't since it apparently existed since the 2000s, they should at least give users an option to turn it off. And that option should be available without logging in. Perhaps this useless effect should be turned off by default for mobile users.

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  • 4
    2y
    "Since batteries in portable electronics are usually not replaceable as of 2022" - only if you buy shit-tier hardware.
  • 1
    2y
    im pro snow effect :)
  • 0
    2y
    I'm against snow effect. But just because it's North-hemisfere-centric. That's almost like racist.
  • 1
    2y
    i'm against _any_ effect, by the way.
  • 2
    2y
    Nah fuck all animated effects that aren't directly related to a property of the animated element the other UI elements don't have. An alert box can pop when it appears. Each and every paragraph can't.
  • 0
    2y
    You're free to do whatever with your websites, just remember that all that bullshit will make me want to spend as little time on it as possible.

    Yeah it's memorable, I'll memorize the domain to make sure I never accidentally click on a link.
  • 0
    2y
    And this isn't even my unique experience, I'm just more aware of it than your typical user. An animated website will lag on scroll on low battery, and a website that lags on scroll is nauseating.
  • 0
    2y
    Who gives a fuck
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