processing
Website needs a 404 page
Website is missing a 404 page. For example, visit:
http://processing.org/292397ry23873r87g
Hey, just a silly thought: what about making the 404 page a little processing.js example?
You could even organise a little challenge on the forums where people can submit their own take on 404 page sketches - something like "must be X by Y pixels, and less than N KB in total, and most importantly do something fun with the 404 message while still being helpful".
What a great idea. Thanks for that suggestion.
Thanks, curious what it will end up like. You could also make it select a different sketch every time you get a 404 page - kind of like that movie website where you get a different appropriate movie quote every time.
See also https://github.com/292397ry23873r87g. Very cool.
I think that is the idea — @GKFX is just showing us an example of a clever 404 page. (Github is known for having a fun one.)
Hey, I'm not sure if you all are still interested in this, but I have a few fun ideas for an interactive 404 page, if it's still needed. It seems like a cool opportunity to use p5.js. Any thoughts?
I began designing an interactive 404 page in processing.js (http://www.openprocessing.org/sketch/195443). I'm open to criticism, so let me know what you think! And feel free to make modifications. If you like it, I'd appreciate any help I can get converting it to p5 :)
I like that a lot. Two minor issues: on the demo page shown, there quite often seem to be circles moving indefinitely even after you take the mouse away, if you take it off the top, left or right edge of the box. Maybe make sure that all circles stop when the mouse is stationary or outside a predefined, tight region? Also, it'd be a lot cooler if the letters moved too.
But overall, it's effective, it's fun, and it's therefore exactly what p5 is about, so submit a pull request and see what the leaders think.
This has been fixed in the new version of the website. Closing the issue.
Note: the current repository is being deprecated. If you wish to start a new conversation about an interactive 404 page for the Processing website, please feel free to submit a feature request on the new processing-website repository.
