Apple iPod Engraver (2019)

	Apple iPod Engraver (2019)(dunstanorchard.com)
	239 points by NaOH 4 days ago \| 61 comments
	tl;dr: A former Apple UI engineer recalls building an interactive "Personalize your iPod" page in 2005, which added a rotatable iPod, live engraving preview, and shipping-time highlight to what was previously a plain form. The rotation used JavaScript cycling through JPEGs, the engraving preview was generated server-side via ImageMagick, and the shipping highlight used CSS class swaps for a yellow-fade effect.
	HN Discussion: ↑The server-side approach described remains valid for broad device compatibility even today ↑Appreciation for Apple dedicating resources to small interactive delights on the site ~The engraving could have been done client-side with plain text overlay instead ↑Nostalgia for Apple's skeuomorphic design and the yellow-fade UI effect ~Flash could have handled this client-side during that era, questioning the technical choice