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The OS X menu fade is a good example of a well thought-out UI animation. Note that the menu does not fade in, since this would actually slow the user down. Co
by mietek 15y ago
The OS X menu fade is a good example of a well thought-out UI animation.
Note that the menu does not fade in, since this would actually slow the user down.
Contrast this with certain other implementations.
- egypturnash 15y agoYeah, I'd never noticed it until this dude made me look at it. It's really, really nice! It also takes advantage of the way your brain works: you latch onto FAST changes, and kinda easily ignore slow ones. So when you open up a menu, BAM, hey, context switch time guys, here's a MENU. Then when you choose something or mouse out of the menu, it fades nice and slow - ignore me, I don't matter any more, your attention can go to the dialogue that just popped up because of fiddling with me, or back to whatever you were doing.