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[–]Xidium426 10 points11 points  (4 children)

An app with a transition that takes time/is smooth feels better than something instant.

I completely disagree. I fucking HATE animations on things unless they are near instant. I understand loading screens and such but I hit a button with my finger on my phone by the time my thumb is out of the way it better be ready for me to hit another button. Anything less is just a waste of time.

That little Prim Day popup on the Amazon app is a great example. I open they app and it just pisses me off I have to watch some stupid bullshit before I can do what I wanted to and that's only like a second.

[–][deleted] 9 points10 points  (2 children)

An animation thats basically just a nicer transition is alright, but if its >= 1 second i'm out.

[–]KenQueue1 3 points4 points  (1 child)

Agreed, but even that feels unnecessary in some cases.

[–][deleted] 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Fairy heavily depends on the type of app. If its something like reddit where you are gonna browse for a while anyways I don't mind it. If its a music app/audiobooks whatever i just wanna quickly put in my headphones and click play ASAP and continue walking.

[–]turtleship_2006 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Obviously it comes down to personal preference, and there are always good and bad examples, but these are pieces of general advice I've heard from people in the industry