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Re:Learning from Terminals to Design the Future of User Inte... by theclaw on Saturday August 04, 2018 @06:45AM (#17686298)
We can probably learn a lot about UI animation from video games.

In fighting games there are the concepts of animation priority[0] and cancelling[1], which essentially govern whether the animation for your previous move will block your next move, and whether an animation can be interupted by a new move.

Most good video game UI animates after-the-fact, so you can navigate very quickly and the UI animation lags behind your navigation a little bit. That’s mostly only possible with a controller input because with a mouse the anmiation must complete before the widgets are visible to be clicked on.

[0] https://www.giantbomb.com/animation-priority/3015-7740/

[1] https://www.giantbomb.com/animation-canceling/3015-1568/

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Re:Learning from Terminals to Design the Future of User Inte... by tomaskafka on Saturday August 04, 2018 @02:39PM (#17687971)
YES! Please, Apple, listen. I hate that Safari scrolling on iOS is blocked during the animation of link opening in background tab. Let the icon fly, just let me use the browser meanwhile!
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