You seem to be implying that I'm advocating you should give up working on a good UI in favor of animations, which I'm saying the opposite. Animations are a too

You seem to be implying that I'm advocating you should give up working on a good UI in favor of animations, which I'm saying the opposite. Animations are a tool, and should be applied carefully just like any other. I chose my words carefully and I stand behind them. Animation is important, and it can be a great additional tool to improve usability of an application. It's not the only tool, but an additional one. About my last line, I was talking about design and UI/UX in general, probably should have been more clear about that...