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> Animating nearly everything on a page is like putting 4 inches of frosting on top of a cake that is only 4 inches thick. I love this analogy. In my view, ani
by _greim_ 9y ago
> Animating nearly everything on a page is like putting 4 inches of frosting on top of a cake that is only 4 inches thick.
I love this analogy. In my view, animation (in non-game apps) should be felt rather than seen. It should be used to soften sharp edges over time. It really bugs me for example when a dialog fades away or slides off the screen in an excruciatingly slow manner when I hit the "X".
- JoshMnem 9y agoIt can be fun to play with CSS transitions, but it's a terrible idea to use them in practice in probably about 95% of cases. Animation is basically visual spam. I recently saw one footer bar that would appear by dropping down from the top of the page after the user started scrolling. Then when the user clicked the X, the bar would slowly float up, then fall back down (off the screen) quickly. The situation has become completely absurd.