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I must disagree. Developers / data people want the fastest, most immediate response to data. But for the general population, animations bring content to life, m
by radley 10y ago
I must disagree. Developers / data people want the fastest, most immediate response to data. But for the general population, animations bring content to life, making the experience fun and enchanting.
The key is knowing how much and how little to apply. We're in a new age for UI animation, so there's much to figure out.
- awinter-py 10y agoContent brings content to life. If someone emails me a poem I don't need gmail to do a dance. On the day I need a twitching paperclip at the bottom of my screen I won't be setting my time machine to 'future'. UI animations are like unskippable cutscenes in video games.
- wsinks 10y agoThat's the analogy! I really wish every single application had a 'turn off animations after I use this for X amount'. Or the OS level could have that. Ahhhhh. Zen.
- panic 10y agoThe point is not necessarily fun or enchantment -- animations can actually increase usability.