There was an article at UIST (a user interface conference) making similar points about 15 years ago. Here's one free version of the paper: http://research.sun.

There was an article at UIST (a user interface conference) making similar points about 15 years ago. Here's one free version of the paper: http://research.sun.com/techrep/1995/abstract-33.html http://research.sun.com/techrep/1995/abstract-33.html That paper had some actual concrete recommendations for different kinds of animations that were implemented in Self.