Can Canvas Do Parallax? Well, not yet.

Can Canvas Do Parallax? Well, not yet.

Uh, no, it can’t.

So why not?

What is this whole Parallax thing anyway? Whoa, look what research will get you: definitions:

[quote]Parallax is a displacement or difference in the apparent position of an object viewed along two different lines of sight, and is measured by the angle or semi-angle of inclination between those two lines.[/quote]

I did not know that. Cool. But what does that mean for a website and more important, why do we care?

Here’s a cool parallax site: Boundless Impact. See how when you scroll down the page, cool things happen? Maybe the images don’t scroll a the same speed and there are elements that are full-width, but not part of the content? It’s a cool effect, right?

Of course, with that hipness comes trouble. Doesn’t always look great on mobile, some older browsers might stutter or hiccup or even stop. Yeah, that’ll happen when new meets old.

But overall, it’s a cool feature. Many sites are doing it for their “One Pager” versions–or even complete websites, often just a single, long, scrolling page. It has its pros and cons, but I think it’s a cool feature. Anyway, will have to use other themes for the time being.