Everyone's software is good enough these days, so to stand out a product has to feel great, and animation is one way to get there.

Drawn from what Emil Kowalski said

What this subject means

design How things should be made and judged: what makes a design good, who should do the designing, and what an interface is for.

On the topicWhat makes a design good?under our view: Good design is felt: speed, touch, behaviour and emotion count for more than how it looks

What Emil Kowalski actually said

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In tension with

Audience boredom is usually a content failure, not a decoration failure: if the numbers are boring you have the wrong numbers.

Kowalski says software is all good enough now, so standing out means feeling great, and animation is one route to that. Tufte says boredom is a content failure and not a decoration failure — if the numbers are boring, you have the wrong numbers. One is arguing that the substance is settled and the surface decides; the other that blaming the surface is how people avoid noticing they have nothing to say.
In tension with

You know a design is great when it disappears: a superb typeface, good signage or a well-designed door handle is never noticed, only the absence of frustration.

De With says you know a design is great when it disappears — a good typeface or door handle is never noticed, only the absence of frustration. Kowalski says everyone software is good enough now, so a product has to FEEL great to stand out, and animation is one way there. A thing designed to be felt is a thing designed to be noticed.

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