DADA.js

Bring DADA to your website!


Demo: matthias-vogt.github.io/DADA.js

This is a jQuery plugin to plant something that looks like a Virus on your website. When activated, lots of Windows 98 dialogs pop up with configurable random phrases, icons and sounds. The dialogs are spinning, pulsing, rotating, and even move away from your cursor if you try to close them.

What even

> Dada (/ˈdɑːdɑː/) or Dadaism was an art movement of the European avant-garde in the early 20th century. [...]
> The beginnings of Dada correspond to the outbreak of World War I. For many participants, the movement was a protest against the bourgeois nationalist and colonialist interests, which many Dadaists believed were the root cause of the war, and against the cultural and intellectual conformity—in art and more broadly in society—that corresponded to the war.
> Many Dadaists believed that the 'reason' and 'logic' of bourgeois capitalist society had led people into war. They expressed their rejection of that ideology in artistic expression that appeared to reject logic and embrace chaos and irrationality. For example, George Grosz later recalled that his Dadaist art was intended as a protest "against this world of mutual destruction."

— Wikipedia

In this spirit and to celebrate DADA's 100th anniversary, this plugin is supposed to bring confusion, havoc and fun to the web.
It can also be used to announce DADA performances ;)

Usage

DADA.js depends on jQuery, so make sure you have that loaded. You can use it like this:
``javascript
$.DADA(options);
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The plugin comes with DADA-button.scss which helps you style a cool looking button users can click to initiate the DADA. Kinda ruins the whole point of surprise and confusion but whatever.
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For better loading performance, I'd recommend loading the script as non-critical content (by putting the