Dynamics.js, a JavaScript library to create physics-based animations
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Re: Dynamics.js, a JavaScript library to create physics-based animations
#2Amazing library! I question it being targeted towards UI elements. I guess I'm thinking about the "condescending UI" arguments. On phones at least we can mostly turn it down, at least for system-level animations.
Re: Dynamics.js, a JavaScript library to create physics-based animations
#3Awesome, thanks for creating this!
Re: Dynamics.js, a JavaScript library to create physics-based animations
#4Anybody feeling this kind of animations aren't bringing a lot to the table ? I was thrilled to watch lollipop material design (and even kitkat project butter), but it quickly faded (sic). Instant, simple interfaces are needed in many tasks where I don't enjoy or even have the luxury to waste time on distracting animations.
Re: Dynamics.js, a JavaScript library to create physics-based animations
#5Please don't show this to anyone at Apple... I don't want the buttons on my next iPod to do a little giggly dance every time I press them.
(BTW- This is great work, I just hope UI devs don't overdo it...)
Re: Dynamics.js, a JavaScript library to create physics-based animations
#6Anybody feeling this kind of animations aren't bringing a lot to the table ? I was thrilled to watch lollipop material design (and even kitkat project butter), but it quickly faded (sic). Instant, simple interfaces are needed in many tasks where I don't enjoy or even have the luxury to waste time on distracting animations.
Yes. I agree. I too feel this kind of animation library should not be used where animation libraries make little or no sense to use them. In fact, I'd go a step further and agree that no animation libraries should be used when animation libraries are not needed, not even this one, which looks pretty neat.
Where should animation libraries be used? I'd think they should be used where a user would appreciate an animation. Such places could be while waiting for something to load, or maybe on a website dedicated to animation libraries. I think that would be an appropriate place for animations. It'd be weird if a website dedicated to animations didn't have animations on it.
Re: Dynamics.js, a JavaScript library to create physics-based animations
#7Anybody feeling this kind of animations aren't bringing a lot to the table ? I was thrilled to watch lollipop material design (and even kitkat project butter), but it quickly faded (sic). Instant, simple interfaces are needed in many tasks where I don't enjoy or even have the luxury to waste time on distracting animations.
This. Sometimes the animations and what not are distracting for the actual content. It's almost like the bad powerpoint transitions we had.
As a sidenote.. I'm currently working on a patch to CyanogenMod 12.1 that allows you turn off fancy animations (such option exists already when you turn on power save mode)
Re: Dynamics.js, a JavaScript library to create physics-based animations
#8As a hacker on Hacker News I'd have to agree with the others that animations are a Very Bad Thing. They are distracting to me, an easily distracted person, who is currently avoiding work by reading Hacker News this afternoon.
Re: Dynamics.js, a JavaScript library to create physics-based animations
#9Anybody feeling this kind of animations aren't bringing a lot to the table ? I was thrilled to watch lollipop material design (and even kitkat project butter), but it quickly faded (sic). Instant, simple interfaces are needed in many tasks where I don't enjoy or even have the luxury to waste time on distracting animations.
Yes. I agree. I too feel this kind of animation library should not be used where animation libraries make little or no sense to use them. In fact, I'd go a step further and agree that no animation libraries should be used when animation libraries are not needed, not even this one, which looks pretty neat. Where should animation libraries be used? I'd think they should be used where a user would appreciate an animatio…
websites for Kids is one of the places where animated UI can be used.
Re: Dynamics.js, a JavaScript library to create physics-based animations
#10As a hacker on Hacker News I'd have to agree with the others that animations are a Very Bad Thing. They are distracting to me, an easily distracted person, who is currently avoiding work by reading Hacker News this afternoon.
How do you feel about the animations used in material design?
Animations for the sake of having animation is really distracting. But if used subtly and with purpose, they could help enhance the user experience.