Re:Where are all the animated SVGs?
by _JC_Denton on Tuesday February 11, 2020 @02:44PM
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Totally agreed. The author isn’t wrong about the workflow issues around svgs, but icons are not usually animated for good reason.
The human eye is very sensitive to motion. It can be a fun thing to add to loading screens (the gusto pig, for example), but icons are designed to live on a page for a long time and only take our attention when we are actively looking for them. Motion is not good for this purpose.
Re:Where are all the animated SVGs?
by vbezhenar on Tuesday February 11, 2020 @04:09PM
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What about progress overlay icon? It should be animated. Or something like downloading a file. If icon represents a work in progress, it's a good idea to make it animated. Of course animation must not distract too much.
The human eye is very sensitive to motion. It can be a fun thing to add to loading screens (the gusto pig, for example), but icons are designed to live on a page for a long time and only take our attention when we are actively looking for them. Motion is not good for this purpose.