Design engineering tip: the best loading animation is the one nobody sees. Nobody waits…
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Design engineering tip: the best loading animation is the one nobody sees. Nobody waits anymore, so instead of perfecting the spinner, invest that time in loading efficiently: smaller payloads, prefetching, streaming. There's beauty in pushing performance.
Posted by Edoardo Lunardi (2.3k followers) 5 days ago · 68 likes · 1.7k views · view the original post on X. Kept by the Design Radar as Animation & motion.
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