https://phosphorbbs.net/tags/animation/ Recent content in Animation on Phosphor BBS Hugo en-us Wed, 12 Aug 2026 00:00:00 +0000 https://phosphorbbs.net/blog/animated-borders-in-a-terminal-ui-toolkit/ Wed, 12 Aug 2026 00:00:00 +0000 https://phosphorbbs.net/blog/animated-borders-in-a-terminal-ui-toolkit/ <p>A border in a terminal UI is usually a static thing. Four corners, four edges, drawn once and forgotten. Box-drawing characters sit there like a picture frame — functional, boring, dead.</p> <p>jterm&rsquo;s new AnimatedBorder system changes that. Borders can now sparkle, march, rotate, pulse, and scan. The login dialog in Phosphor BBS picks one at random for every new connection, so each user sees a different animated frame when they log in. The terminal isn&rsquo;t a static page anymore — it&rsquo;s alive, even down to the border.</p>