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Wow, I'm really surprised at the comments so far. For the Geocities comparison commenters... My takeaway was not "Here are animated icons, you should litter al
by Cyranix 13y ago
Wow, I'm really surprised at the comments so far.
For the Geocities comparison commenters... My takeaway was not "Here are animated icons, you should litter all your pages with them" but rather "Here are animated icons, if you have a use case for them, then these are a very good option".
For the too-much-animation commenters... Are you actually surprised that the demo page stuffs a lot of icons into a page in order to demonstrate the range of capabilities? See above -- the intent is that designers should use them sparingly and appropriately. Is animation necessary? Probably not. Can it be engaging if the execution is good? Without a doubt.
These are very nice-looking icons that appear to offer quite a bit of flexibility. I think that they will seem more natural in contexts where lightweight animations (drop shadows, spinners, etc.) are already used: alerting a user to an available interactive element, on hover as a user prepares to perform an action, during a wait period while processing occurs, or drawing attention to a completed action.
Many of these are pretty subtle or clever animations. If you can get past the notion that "no one in the world can use animated icons well", you might realize that these could be used in moderation to add a hint of whimsy to a site.
- dsowers 13y agoYeah, the comments are completely ridiculous. OP, I salute you for great work. There is definitely a use for these animations. I think the occasional animation can help increase conversion rates by enticing people to click and get further down the funnel. It's no surprise that wycats tweeted yesterday that he hates it when his work gets on HN. The critiques are getting out of control here.
- HCIdivision17 13y agoTo reinforce the point, the page even shows the icons can be static. You certainly don't have to turn every available animation on just because it's there.
- johnbm 13y agoThe problem is that this demo page feels like the modern equivalent of a Geocities page. It shows off the technology, but fails to show how it can be used tastefully by using it everywhere without restraint. Additionally, I find many of the animations confusing and non-meaningful. For example, having an email envelope in a site footer being filled and flying off correctly denotes the concept of "send me an email". But doing the same thing for an email field in a form feels completely out of place. The user is not sending an email, they're just giving their information for future reference. Many of the animations are similar: they demonstrate a vaguely related concept, not the specific use case being demonstrated.