[foolfoolz]

things like this violate the design principles values by novice and power users. novice users that use something once a week or month may enjoy additional visual cues and animations to be friendly and welcoming. low information density to not overwhelm.

power users that use something every day or many times a day prefer things that are static, fast, and higher information density.

this is from designing the user interface, 1995

[jw1224]

Agreed, I wouldn’t want to see one of these every time I refresh my inbox. But this is a demo page, showing the capabilities of the animation library?

[wodenokoto]

On the other hand the springy scrolling and the animation when switching from profile to landscape are some of the key features in iOS.