> I’m talking about beautiful animations, native-feeling navigation, and an overall immersive, cohesive experience?
A lot of people don't consider the economics of UI animation.
Smooth animation only makes sense in powerful devices. For the past 10 years we've seen an increase in UI animations which required users to buy newer and more powerful devices to achieve smoother and more complex animations.
Look at any phone/tablet review and you will see the reviewer try to open the app drawer or something similar to showcase performance. "Look how fluid it moves!"
Perfectly fine devices are constantly being replaced and thrown away because they can't keep up with more and more demanding UI animations.
Another aspect is energy consumption, battery production, etc, which I don't think is negligible when considering billions of devices being used for hours every day.
And the sad truth is, very often UI animation is overused.
A lot of people don't consider the economics of UI animation.
Smooth animation only makes sense in powerful devices. For the past 10 years we've seen an increase in UI animations which required users to buy newer and more powerful devices to achieve smoother and more complex animations.
Look at any phone/tablet review and you will see the reviewer try to open the app drawer or something similar to showcase performance. "Look how fluid it moves!"
Perfectly fine devices are constantly being replaced and thrown away because they can't keep up with more and more demanding UI animations.
Another aspect is energy consumption, battery production, etc, which I don't think is negligible when considering billions of devices being used for hours every day.
And the sad truth is, very often UI animation is overused.