It's especially beneficial to the UX when attention is driven towards the user task. It's easier to digest short, helpful animation than reading through a block

It's especially beneficial to the UX when attention is driven towards the user task. It's easier to digest short, helpful animation than reading through a block of text. No user wants a repeat of 90's animated gif obsession or the 00's overly dramatic Flash craze. Hopefully we don't regress because of more recent advanced animation capabilities.