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Avoid smooth spinners, use low-FPS spinners
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In the maker’s words
I got so annoyed by various apps (VScode, Chromium, Firefox, Thunderbird) burning CPU/GPU cycles and and making my laptop hot and sluggish with spinners on otherwise static content, that I made this little page to fight this.
Where people found it
- Hacker NewsShow HN: Avoid smooth spinners, use low-FPS spinners27 points27 comments16 days ago
- Hacker NewsRunning your own mailserver for $5/month [pdf]2 points0 comments2022-06-02
Saved source observations
Latest observations from the last 14 UTC days. Each sample counts the retrieved posts from the collection’s 30-day window; votes and stars use different units. Missing dates or sources are gaps, not zero activity. Samples are not a traffic or growth measurement.
Hacker News
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- 27 points
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