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[andrethegiant]

Has anyone else heard the term jank before? It's the first time I've seen it.

[makepanic → andrethegiant]

There is a website [1] with more informations and talks about "jank".

[1] - http://jankfree.org/

[Pwntastic → andrethegiant]

I use/have used the term 'janky' before to describe similar kinds of things or things that seem off or strange.

Grew up in the midwest fwiw

[rmccue → andrethegiant]

(I'd guess it's originally related to the concept of "jerk" in physics. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jerk_%28physics%29 )

It's been used in this context since at least 2010 by the Chrome team: http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Talk:janky

[mcpherrinm → andrethegiant]

The Firefox team definitely used the term with this usage, since at least 2011.

[azinman2 → andrethegiant]

We (at Empirical) use janky to describe animations that aren't butter as this author uses it. Not sure how standard but I suspect many people (native speakers) will understand when in context.

[codexon → andrethegiant]

No, usually the term I have heard used for this is jitter.