This website

One fixed line, columns that fold into it while you read, and text that is revealed rather than re-flowed.

Origin

A frame-by-frame study of a 2001 Flash portfolio: the geometry, the timing, the states.

The rules

Close fast, open calmly. Nothing moves on hover. The scrollbar is the line itself. Applications first.

Behind this

concepts
The one-line interface
connections
Flash motion, calm interface
notes
Miniml, 2001: one line that never moves.Anything that moves on hover is asking for attention it did not earn.