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by vidyesh 485 days ago
I am not a gmail(web interface) user, so haven't used it but congrats on the launch! I like how your landing page is so simple and small. And the domain is amazing!

I just wanted to point out, I love my Firefox but the gradient animation is so bad on Firefox!

At first I thought oh cool bg animation, checked the dev tools to know what it is only to realize this shouldn't be a color band animation as I see it!

Chromium based browser have it so subtle, that I barely notice that animation, I question does it even exist on it(it does!)?

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Oooh, thanks for the report! It looks like Firefox doesn't have dithering on gradients. (There's a bug report, but it's been opened for 14 years!)

The gradient animation is super-subtle :) Do you think I should disable it for Firefox users, or do you still think 'cool background animation' in spite of the banding?

You are welcome.

I think better to disable it, imo its more distracting and glitchy than being cool.

14 years!