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No opinion about the rest of the argument, but a 300ms animated transition is looooooong. It will be noticed by basically everybody and annoy a good number of
by yongjik 11y ago
No opinion about the rest of the argument, but a 300ms animated transition is looooooong. It will be noticed by basically everybody and annoy a good number of them.
The only good reason I can think of is that you're somehow stuck with 300ms+ delay anyway, so you provide an animation so that the users don't think "WTF? I just clicked on it and why is nothing happening?" But if you can shave off 0.2 seconds then you can probably get rid of the animation altogether!
- Swizec 11y agoYou'd be surprised by how many people think those 300ms animated transitions are a good thing. I think they're terrible. You'd also be surprised by how many people will completely misunderstand your UI and get confused by things popping around magically, if the transitions are too fast or inexistent. You have to build a UI/UX that your typical user will enjoy and be able to use, not a UI/UX that your nerdy friends are going to love. (unless they're your target users)
- mrob 11y agoThe only good UI animations I've seen were in Metacity (window manager for Gnome 2). It would move windows instantly, but also provide a transparent trail showing the path they would have taken if they had been animated traditionally. It let you continue working without delay if you knew what you were doing while still helping beginners.