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> For example, a blind person can't see when an animation has finished. They expect that menu to be available once they've triggered it. However, seeing people
by pwg 2y ago
> For example, a blind person can't see when an animation has finished. They expect that menu to be available once they've triggered it. However, seeing people see the dropdown appearing and then go to use it once it's ready.
For my two-cents, the BBC was simply trying too much to be "cutesy". Don't animate anything, because the silly animation on mouse click simply makes the website feel slower overall. Just open the menu as fast as the user's browser will open it.
- unclad5968 2y agoThat wouldn't change anything. They want the first element of the menu to be focused when "clicked" from a keyboard but not from a mouse. The animation doesn't affect that.
- j16sdiz 2y ago> Don't animate anything Animation helps to correlate screen elements. Without animation it actually takes longer to establish the mental relationship between the action and the result.
- hombre_fatal 2y agoWe as developers think we like zero animation. Probably not least because animation is harder for us to implement than just view(state). But it's very easy to create cases where the UX sucks because things happen instantly especially as inherent complexity of the app increases.