The airplane is a terrible counterexample. The pilot does not need pretty animations, because the interface's actions are part of a de rigueur to the job. The

The airplane is a terrible counterexample. The pilot does not need pretty animations, because the interface's actions are part of a de rigueur to the job. The pretties on a random app need animations, however, to help the user. The use cases are so far apart to make the comparison a bad one.