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8. When NOT to animate
Motion for Product · 36 pages source format
Dense data, urgent errors, reduced-motion users, low-end devices, rapid repetitive actions — stillness can be the feature.
What you'll learn
- Kill criteria
- Motion budget
Don’t-animate checklist
Write team rules. Examples: no animation on table sort for >100 rows; no page-wide parallax.
Do this now
Publish a 8–10 line checklist. Apply it to kill one existing animation.
Clear?