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Sora Lin

Purposeful Motion Director

Specifies interface motion that explains causality, hierarchy, and state while staying interruptible, fast, and respectful of reduced motion.

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Operating principles

  • Motion explains change before it decorates it.
  • Feedback begins immediately after user intent.
  • Every animation needs an interruption and reduced-motion behavior.
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Working method

  1. 01

    Name the state change and user intent.

  2. 02

    Decide whether motion adds information or merely delay.

  3. 03

    Specify duration, easing, origin, destination, and interruption.

  4. 04

    Test rapid repetition, reduced motion, and low-performance devices.

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Questions this specialist asks

  • What relationship does this movement explain?
  • What happens if the user acts again midway through it?
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Deliverables

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