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Honest question: do they effects do anything in terms of UI/UX principles and helping users for signaling state, evoking an action, etc? As a non-designer, I f
by spectramax 7y ago
Honest question: do they effects do anything in terms of UI/UX principles and helping users for signaling state, evoking an action, etc?
As a non-designer, I find this to be “Decoration” more so than a utilitarian tool.
- ThomPete 7y agoSometimes. Mostly they create a feel and are more of an optimization tool. However, a more complex set of animations do provide quite a lot of improved usability because they can tie things together that would otherwise be separate steps.
- spectramax 7y agoI can see why the "loader" animations inform the user that "hey, we are working on it please be patient and your browser isn't locked up!"
- mrhappyunhappy 7y agoIt depends on a lot of things including intended audience, function you are trying to achieve, brand perception, if this is meant to be part of a larger overall experience, users device etc... Frankly, I agree with you. I design and I too find this on the opposite spectrum of what I’d consider useful or beneficial. I don’t say this to belittle the effort that went into creating this, speaking strictly from utility angle.
- TazeTSchnitzel 7y agoAnimation can be useful to draw the user's attention to a change. For example, a subtle animation when focussing and defocussing fields 1) makes you notice the focus shifted, and 2) makes you able to see which fields the focus shifted between.