Ramblings

DOMContentLoaded is an event supposed to be thrown when a page's DOM is loaded, meaning that you don't need to wait for external images etc. to be loaded before running a script that expects a DOM to be in place. If you combine the initiation of your script with a JavaScript library like Interface you might get fatal consequences.

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The computer party Digilab 2007 was newly held in Porsgrunn, Norway. I didn't attend, but luckily they accepted competition entries from non-participants too. I submitted a small intro that was originally meant to be released at the Gathering 2006 called Dot.com 2.0. It ended up at third place (out of four? :-) ).

Anyway, it runs in Opera, uses Javascript, Canvas, SVG and various DOM techniques, no flash involved, pure open standards. It even uses the Opera Animation library

Check it out here: dst_dc20.zip ~10 MB (The giant size is due to a large .wav file included ;()

Pouët entry: http://www.pouet.net/prod.php?which=29946

UPDATE: Added some fixes for Firefox, but I won't spend much more time getting it to work there. I accept patches though, so feel free to send one

I also submitted this picture drawn by hand in Gimp, but it doesn't seem like it made it thru.