Size of Life

Overall reception & design

• Strong enthusiasm for the piece: many call it beautiful, artistic, “what the web should be,” and say they always click this domain.
• Illustrations, minimalist UI, and the ever-present human feet as scale anchors are widely praised.
• Several people say it feels like a museum exhibit or an “indie gem,” and they plan to show it to kids.

Educational value & comparisons

• Seen as an effective teaching tool; interaction makes size relationships stick better than static diagrams.
• Compared favorably to “Scale of the Universe,” “Powers of Ten,” various size‑of‑universe apps, and educational videos.
• Some note that restricting to life loses the cosmic perspective, but others like the biological focus.

Scale accuracy & science nitpicks

• Multiple users think some visual scales are off (amoeba vs ladybug, tardigrade vs snail, T‑rex vs giraffe, neuron vs sea snail).
• DNA “3.5 nm tall” and depiction of a short helix segment is criticized as misleading; suggestions include emphasizing width or continuous length.
• Claims like “blue whale is the largest animal ever” and “banana isn’t technically alive” are challenged as oversimplified.
• Discussion about viruses: some argue they’re nonliving, others see them as borderline or alive in certain stages.
• Fungi (especially giant mycelial networks) are seen as underrepresented.

Units, UI, and interaction

• Abrupt switches from SI units to inches feel jarring; several want a constant metric option.
• Some scale choices (posture-based heights for animals) confuse people.
• Users like keyboard controls, the “compare to” feature, and functional back button, but some miss free scrolling.
• Double‑clicking causes jitter due to animation velocity issues.

Ads, cookies, and tracking

• Strong complaints about the consent dialog: dozens of vendors, no one-click “reject all,” seen as hostile and off‑brand.
• Adblockers both hide that annoyance and sometimes break image loading.

Music & production

• The adaptive cello soundtrack is heavily praised as “phenomenal” and emotionally powerful.
• Users appreciate how layers build as organisms get larger and simplify when going back down the scale.
• Composer later explains the layered design and “Enlightenment‑era” feel, and shares links to the soundtrack.

Miscellaneous discussions

• Curiosity and side‑threads about real organism sizes (tardigrades, tiny wasps, giant trees, Hyperion’s secretive location, huge crabs, krill, neurons, microprocessors vs DNA).
• A few technical issues noted: high memory use on some systems, ad-induced IQ‑test dark pattern elsewhere, and minor typos.