As a hacker on Hacker News you're not a typical user.
Don't get me wrong, I feel like a lot of animation is unnecessary but if you did what Hacker News advised every webpage would look the same in Lynx as it does in Chrome. Animations can serve a purpose - to focus the user's eye, to give them a sense of where something is going to and from, etc. etc.
They're not universally bad, and this is a fascinating library - it deserves more credit than "animations are bad".
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As a hacker on Hacker News you're not a typical user.
Don't get me wrong, I feel like a lot of animation is unnecessary but if you did what Hacker News advised every webpage would look the same in Lynx as it does in Chrome. Animations can serve a purpose - to focus the user's eye, to give them a sense of where something is going to and from, etc. etc.
They're not universally bad, and this is a fascinating library - it deserves more credit than "animations are bad".
Yes. I agree. Not all animations are bad. I think animated GIFs can also be an entertaining distraction from hacking on my business.