Jelly UI: Soft-body physics for native HTML form controls(jelly-ui.com)
616 points by baldvinmar 22 hours ago | 189 comments
tl;dr: Jelly UI is a zero-dependency Web Components library that adds soft-body physics animations to native HTML form controls, shipping 40 custom elements via a single script tag. It includes built-in dark mode, RTL support, and WCAG AA color tokens, and can be used by wrapping standard elements like `<jelly-button>` inside a `<jelly-theme>` component.
HN Discussion:
  • Technical criticism of implementation quality, citing inefficient animation loop and AI-generated code smell
  • ~Cute concept but poor UX execution with laggy controls and inconsistent click behavior
  • ~Visually creative but would be annoying/unusable in real production contexts
  • Demo site should let users override reduced-motion preference to actually see the effects
  • Fun and playful project that doesn't deserve the harsh criticism it's receiving