Dynamics.js, a JavaScript library to create physics-based animations

Re:Dynamics.js, a JavaScript library to create physics-based... by zecho on Monday June 15, 2015 @02:20PM (#9721025)

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.

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Re:Dynamics.js, a JavaScript library to create physics-based... by agumonkey on Monday June 15, 2015 @02:31PM (#9721101)

Anything not time constrained, where thinking and subtle communication can take place. Otherwise the amount of animation can be reduced to a tiny bit without losing much. Or maybe for first times, so people can understand the flow of data through transitions between pages / frames / etc and when familiar, they can navigate through parts of the GUI without animation-helpers.

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Re:Dynamics.js, a JavaScript library to create physics-based... by ask5 on Monday June 15, 2015 @02:25PM (#9721058)

websites for Kids is one of the places where animated UI can be used.

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Re:Dynamics.js, a JavaScript library to create physics-based... by zecho on Monday June 15, 2015 @02:28PM (#9721077)

yes, I agree. kids love animations. adults don't like animations, except for creepy adults who watch cartoons and college kids that still watch The Simpsons.

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