When Motion Helps vs Hurts — Roadmap Step & Resources
Recognizing when animation improves usability and when it's just decoration that slows people down
- Level: advanced
- Estimated time: 1 days
- Roadmap: UI Design
Before this step
Interview questions
- How would you convince a stakeholder to remove an animation they love but that hurts usability?
Study resources
- Reduced Motion (Article) — web.dev's (Google's) guidance on respecting reduced-motion accessibility preferences.
- When Animation Hurts UX Explained (Video) — Covers avoiding gratuitous motion that slows users down or causes discomfort.
Part of
- Motion & Micro-interactions — section
- UI Design roadmap — the full learning path