For those wondering why anyone would want to send ecards instead of using $X, I posted some background about the motivation for the project here[0].
TLDR: nostalgia, experimenting with something new, technical challenge of adding functionality without necessitating servers or third parties, and the element of pleasant surprise.
Since the last time this was posted, I found this other project[1] which uses HTML5 Canvas to create cards. This lets you rearrange elements on the card more freely, though the end result needs to be saved on the server or downloaded as an image. Definitely some interesting tradeoffs either way!
TLDR: nostalgia, experimenting with something new, technical challenge of adding functionality without necessitating servers or third parties, and the element of pleasant surprise.
Since the last time this was posted, I found this other project[1] which uses HTML5 Canvas to create cards. This lets you rearrange elements on the card more freely, though the end result needs to be saved on the server or downloaded as an image. Definitely some interesting tradeoffs either way!
[0]: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=26136146
[1]: https://github.com/atashbahar/ecardcanvas