For inspiration: slightly tweaked animations #1
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The default animation seems rather abrupt. I think it could be improved by making it smoother and slower. As a first step I've implemented a subtle bounce effect to the tiles. The tiles animations have changed from a CABasicAnimation to a CAKeyframeAnimation to deviate from the stringent, linear approach. To further enhance the experience one could set the keyFrames array to a more suitable value. However, I think it works well to have the distance travel and the bounce take an equal amount of time.
Animations have been made slightly slower and delays between them slightly shorter. The tiles animate simultaneously, but with overlap, which gives a nice organic touch. The way the tiles are initially added, makes the menu appear to flicker because each tile is visible for a short period of time.
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Hi Joachim, Interesting. I like the bounce effect, and the quicker transition to successive pages, but I can't decide if it looks somehow too 'aggressive'! I might play with bringing the speed down a bit nearer to the original, but keeping the bounce. :) -Matt On 15 May 2012, at 15:30, Joachim Bondo wrote:
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After having toyed with your animations, as per this pull request, I went back to your original settings and suddenly had a hard time figuring out which I preferred. So, for nothing more than potential inspiration, have a look at my changes.
I still think the way the tiles are initially displayed at the centre makes the menu appear to flicker because each tile is visible for a short period of time before being moved away, revealing a new one underneath. I think my version of the animation when tapping the More button works quite well.
Obviously, I still think there’s room for improvement.