I set a Unicycle loading animation for the forum

I’ve replaced the default loading dots when opening the forum with an animated unicycle:

Please report if it causes any issue :slight_smile:

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The blue bar appears waay to the left, and goes waay to the right (beyond the gray confines of the underlying graphic) on my screen. Neat though!

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Can you take a screenshot?

I just saw that and I love it!

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Dark mode?

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It’s fixed, thanks :+1:

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EDIT: Firefox on Linux, if that helps.

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Hey, I just saw that for the first time a few minutes ago. No issues here. Just thought I let you know that I think it‘s kinda cool.

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quite cool indeed. especially on my thinkpad x61s where i actually get some time to appreciate it, but it does go past the bar for me too on librewolf

@Maxence do you want the unicycle for forum.monocycle.info? SVG splashscreen is a built-in feature :uni:

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Let’s do so. Thanks!

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Update your forum, then enable the feature at https://forum.monocycle.info/admin/config/upcoming-changes (Enable custom splash screen) then https://forum.monocycle.info/admin/site_settings/category/all_results?dependsOn=enable_custom_splash_screen&filter=all_results

SVG file:

It uses Discourse’s CSS color variables so the colors will change accordingly on forum.monocycle.info.

@clyde I think the bug should be solved. (it is not)
edit: what about now?

That’s amazing!

I think if it rains tomorrow, I have an animation to create. :wink:

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Right now, the update is so fast that it doesn’t get all the way to the right. It does look like the blue bar is centered (was off by like a pixel in the vertical direction). The bar also does seem to start from the left correctly.

I haven’t examined the graphic but it seems like the white bar is now set as the clip polygon for the blue bar? If so, that’ll work great. I can’t detect anything weird about it anymore - looks great. :+1:

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I had an opportunity to observe the bar load from left to right a few times. Looks great, nothing wrong with it at all!

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I noticed this and didn’t see this thread because for some reason the default when I open the tab it sends me to unread, not recent as before.

I love it though

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