I think he's wrong in his assumption that navigation transitions are being used just to emulate native apps. They are being used because they provide a usabilit

I think he's wrong in his assumption that navigation transitions are being used just to emulate native apps. They are being used because they provide a usability benefit. A navigation transition can demonstrate a lot to a user about hierarchy and flow [1] [1] https://www.google.co.uk/design/spec/animation/meaningful-transitions.html https://www.google.co.uk/design/spec/animation/meaningful-tr...