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Microinteractions for Engaging E-Learning?
Hey everyone,
We're currently working on improving our e-learning courses, which have been quite static so far. Our goal is to take the visual design and user experience to the next level by incorp...
Hi Phil, So using gifs as a background that have a trigger on-click to show new info like this one: Welcome to Futuro are not really considered microinteractions, faux microinteractions?
No, a micro interaction would be an animation that fires when you do something to give immediate feedback. A simple example would be the genie effect when you open an app from the MacOS or iOS dock. Or feedback that an item has downloaded (progress bars, jumping icons).
It should be user or system initiated and then the animation fires, Dan Saffer has a great book that explains the use.
Thank you! And thanks for the book tip, looks super interesting, well worth investigating.