benjamindc

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UI designer at Stripe.
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Comment · 4 years ago
Thank you, I'm glad you like it! I try to find a good balance between form and function, and create a consistent environment for the customer. The homepage is definitely more "artistic" than the dashboard, for instance, but hopefully they clearly belong to the same brand and give you a similar look and feel.

(For the anecdote and because you mentioned it, it always annoyed me that we had a pretty different visual language at Stripe between the site and the dashboard. I designed Stripe's homepage but not its dashboard, whereas I did both at the same time for Increase. Consistency is really hard to achieve between multiple products as the optimal visual treatment is different for a site and an information-dense UI.)

Comment · 4 years ago
Thank you, means a lot :)
Comment · 9 years ago
In terms of performance, it outperforms all the animation libraries I’ve tried ( you can compare the stress test linked at the bottom of the page with this version made with GreenSock: http://animateplus.com/examples/stress-test/gsap/ ). In terms of weight and parse time, it’s also the fastest afaict. That being said, it’s not as powerful as GreenSock for example as it mainly focuses on performance and simplicity.
Comment · 9 years ago
Comment · 9 years ago
Spring physics, frame-based callbacks (see the `change()` examples), functions as values for duration, delay and any property you animate, making staggered animations easy to create, etc.
Comment · 9 years ago
Comment · 11 years ago
Yup, you're right!
Comment · 11 years ago
Glad you noticed the easter-egg on the logo :p
Comment · 11 years ago
Safari isn't "lagging behind other browsers", it's just implementing different things. In fact, Safari is still the best browser when it comes to everything UI-related (animations, visual effects, …). You might disagree with Apple's priorities, but it doesn't mean other browsers are "better" per se, they're just different.

Safari's release cycle, however, is stupid per se.

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