Honest question: do they effects do anything in terms of UI/UX principles and helping users for signaling state, evoking an action, etc?
As a non-designer, I find this to be “Decoration” more so than a utilitarian tool.
As a non-designer, I find this to be “Decoration” more so than a utilitarian tool.
Frankly, I agree with you. I design and I too find this on the opposite spectrum of what I’d consider useful or beneficial. I don’t say this to belittle the effort that went into creating this, speaking strictly from utility angle.
However, a more complex set of animations do provide quite a lot of improved usability because they can tie things together that would otherwise be separate steps.