Despite all my comments disagreeing strongly with WebComponents and the direction of putting everything in the DOM, I will say that you all did an excellent job

Despite all my comments disagreeing strongly with WebComponents and the direction of putting everything in the DOM, I will say that you all did an excellent job with the design aspects of designing for the Z-plane. That's solid stuff and everyone who reads this thread should definitely take the time to read through all the design guidelines for Material, because even if you don't use Material, those ideas are really valuable and can be explored in other frameworks like Famo.us, Ember.js, Velocity.js, React.js. The web is definitely moving in the direction where designing for the Z-plane and subtle animation affordances will matter, and this is great exploration of where things can go. For those whose experience, is mainly on the web, these are also good resources: Meaningful Transitions: http://www.ui-transitions.com/ http://www.ui-transitions.com/ Capptivate: http://capptivate.co/ http://capptivate.co/ The Z-Axis - Designing for the Future: http://alistapart.com/article/the-z-axis-designing-for-the-future http://alistapart.com/article/the-z-axis-designing-for-the-f... [disclaimer: I work at famo.us)