Animation at Work
1st Edition
Published on 1. November 2023
80 pages
978-1-952616-95-2 (ISBN)
Description
Animation isn't merely decorative-it's an invaluable tool for creating a better web. Start with science: by understanding the human visual processing system, you can design delightful animation that works to ease cognitive load. Rachel Nabors guides you through the anatomy of web animations, patterns, and communication decisions across teams. This book will prepare you to identify and prioritize opportunities to integrate animation into design systems for building better experiences.
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Person
Rachel Nabors got into interaction development and web standards after an award-winning career in web comics. She's worked with Mozilla, the W3C, and Microsoft, stewarding all things web animations from APIs, to browser tooling, to community. She put the "motion design" in design systems at Booking and Salesforce. Currently she works on documentation, learning resources, and community development on the React Core team at Facebook, keeping her close to her greatest loves: visual storytelling, helping people learn and thrive, and comp and rendering processes. Best of all: she still draws comics.
Content
1. Human Perception and Animation
2. Patterns and Purpose
3. Anatomy of a Web Animation
4. Communicating Animation
5. Best Practices and Other Educated Guesses
