Mandelbrot explorer · qwen3.7-plus
Render the Mandelbrot set with a smooth color gradient on a full-screen canvas, with click-and-drag to pan and mouse-wheel to zoom.
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Render the Mandelbrot set with a smooth color gradient on a full-screen canvas, with click-and-drag to pan and mouse-wheel to zoom.
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The user wants a single-page web app that renders the Mandelbrot set with: 1. Smooth color gradient 2. Full-screen canvas 3. Click-and-drag to pan 4. Mouse-wheel to zoom 5. All in one self-contained index.html file Let me build this with: - A full-screen canvas element - JavaScript to compute the Mandelbrot set using the escape-time algorithm - Smooth coloring using the escape count (with fractional iteration count for smooth gradients) - Mouse event handlers for panning (mousedown, mousemove, mouseup) - Wheel event for zooming - Web Workers would be nice but to keep it self-contained and simple, I'll use the main thread with rendering in chunks, or better yet, use a web worker created from a blob URL to keep it all in one file - Actually, to keep it performant and in a single file, I'll render directly using ImageData for pixel manipulation Let me think about the approach: - Use ImageData to directly set pixel colors - For smooth coloring, use the normalized iteration count: n + 1 - log2(log(|z|)) - Color gradient: I'll use a nice palette mapping iteration counts to colors using HSL or a custom gradient - For panning: track mouse down position, on move compute delta, adjust the center - For zooming: zoom in/out at mouse position Let me implement this with a web worker created from a blob for performance, since Mandelbrot computation can be heavy. This way the UI stays responsive. Actually, keeping it simpler and fully self-contained, I'll render on the main thread but use requestAnimationFrame and render rows in batches to keep the UI responsive. Or even simpler - just compute it all in one go since modern browsers handle it fine for reasonable resolutions. For zoom operations especially we want it fast. Let me use a Web Worker from a Blob URL - that's still self-contained in one HTML file and gives much better performance. Key features: - Render Mandelbrot set with smooth coloring - HSL-based color palette that shifts over time (subtle animation feel) - Click and drag panning - Mouse wheel zooming at cursor position - Info overlay showing coordinates and zoom level - Progressive rendering (render at low res first, then refine) Let me code this up.
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The file has been written successfully. Let me verify it's there and review what I built.
Done! The file `index.html` is ready in the current directory. Here's what it includes: **Rendering:** - Mandelbrot set computed via escape-time algorithm with a cardioid/bulb early-exit optimization - Smooth coloring using the normalized iteration count: `n + 1 - log₂(log|z|)` - Rich multi-stop color gradient (deep blues → teals → greens → yellows → oranges → purples) - Progressive rendering — low-res preview first, then full-resolution detail via Web Workers (blob URL, fully self-contained) - Adaptive iteration count that increases with zoom depth (up to 4000) **Interaction:** - **Click & drag** to pan (with grab/grabbing cursor feedback) - **Mouse wheel** to zoom toward the cursor position - **Double-click** to reset the view to the starting position - **Touch support** — single-finger drag to pan, pinch to zoom **UI:** - Full-screen black canvas - Info overlay showing current center coordinates, zoom level, and iteration count - A hint bar at the bottom that fades after a few seconds
TAKE IT TO CODE
A single self-contained HTML file — copy it and open in any browser, or reuse the prompt with your own pi-agent run.
RUN
EVALUATION
Mandelbrot renders but only shows one thin edge curve; drag/wheel pan/zoom into blank dark blue space, losing the fractal.
Vision grade · anthropic/claude-sonnet-5
MEASUREMENTS
Raw readings from the capture, not a verdict — the grade above is the only judgement. Percentages are how much of the screen changed; the measure under-reports sparse motion on a dark background.