Measured entry

ruixen-gravatar-email-input

inputliquid-glassmotion on file

A client-side React email field with an animated liquid-glass shell and a live Gravatar preview. It ships as a shadcn registry component but is self-contained in presentation, injecting its own theme CSS. It depends on Motion for entry animation, md5 for address hashing, Gravatar for remote avatar images, and optional Web Audio feedback.

Specimen
Motion capture of the mounted demo, recorded by the harness. No audio track.
Harness screenshot of ruixen-gravatar-email-input at 375 pixels wide
Harness screenshot at 375 pixels wide. No horizontal overflow recorded.
Harness screenshot of ruixen-gravatar-email-input at 768 pixels wide
Harness screenshot at 768 pixels wide. No horizontal overflow recorded.
Harness screenshot of ruixen-gravatar-email-input at 1440 pixels wide
Harness screenshot at 1440 pixels wide. No horizontal overflow recorded.

Measured

Every value below was written by the harness on the run that produced the frames above. None of it is derived from the prose.

Harness measurements recorded for ruixen-gravatar-email-input
BuildOK
MountOK
Console errors0
Uncaught page errors0
Horizontal overflowclean at 375, 768, 1440
Axe critical0
Axe serious1
Axe moderate0
Axe minor0
Gzip marginal61.4 KB (126.8 KB build, 65.4 KB baseline)
Bare modeOK
Provider requiredNO
Demo usedwritten from the component source API

Verdict

A polished specialty input that builds and mounts without framework scaffolding, but it is not a neutral drop-in. The Gravatar request creates a privacy consideration, the default focus sound may surprise users, and the measured contrast issue needs a theme adjustment before production use.

Use it if

  • You want an email field that gives an immediate Gravatar identity cue.
  • Your interface already permits client-side animation and remote avatar requests.
  • You can review the supplied colors and tune them to your accessibility requirements.

Skip it if

  • Email privacy rules or content policies prohibit sending a derived email identifier to Gravatar.
  • You need a fully controlled field whose value can be updated by its parent after mounting.
  • You cannot accept the current color contrast issue without modifying the theme tokens.
  • You want a quiet form control without focus sounds or extra animation dependencies.

Install

Installation record for ruixen-gravatar-email-input
Declared dependenciesmotion, md5
Missing on installmd5
Bare installbuilds and mounts without the shadcn-style helpers
Providerno provider required in the harness

In a non-shadcn React project, add Motion and md5, place the component behind a client boundary, and ensure your bundler supports the md5 import. No provider is required. Review Content Security Policy access to Gravatar, decide whether to disable the focus sound, and adjust the light and dark color tokens for sufficient contrast.

Source and credit

This page is a review, not a copy. The component source lives with its author and this site does not republish it. Read the license before you use anything.

Alternatives

Other published entries for the input pattern, ordered by what they measured: mounts first, then clean axe scans, then bare-mode passes, then the smaller bundle.