Mario Guzmán

RE: https://mastodon.social/@RogueAmoeba/116126409646564110

📢 Two articles calling out I am not using the correct animation. This one being the latest. That and friends texting me links to these articles...

I just went ahead and removed the shake animation altogether. The app update is now live.

Clicking on the Dock icon no longer makes the app shake side-to-side quickly.

Feb 25 at 3:32amIvory for Mac
Show threadJonathan Feb 25
@marioguzman how ridiculous. Looks like they’ll need to write about Microsoft Outlook next 😂
Show threadNiki TonskyFeb 25
@JTostitos @marioguzman this is a “no” animation used correctly though
Show threadJonathan Feb 25
@nikitonsky @marioguzman I’m not typing something wrong in the password field. It’s preventing me from clicking another window
Show threadDave VerwerFeb 25
@marioguzman I didn't take the article as particularly critical, just discussing the problem. I think their scaling animation does work better than a side-to-side, but its your app!
Show threadDimitri BouniolFeb 25
@daveverwer @marioguzman What we really need is the window pop + screen ripple to make a comeback from Dashboard of old. Paired with a tasteful *pop* sound, would be :chef’s-kiss:
Show threadMario GuzmánFeb 25
@daveverwer RIP my iMessages yesterday about it. About the article and about the animation. At the end of the day, it wasn’t that big of a feature so I just undid it. Not to mention all the discussion here since I first showed it too.
Show threadMario GuzmánFeb 25
@daveverwer and I have tried the scale animation. It didn’t really work for such a tiny window as my app. I had posted a video about it a while ago. Anyway, I have too much going on to worry about it right now.
Show threadDave VerwerFeb 25
@marioguzman then my apologies for adding to the discussion! ❤️
Show threadMario GuzmánFeb 25
@daveverwer oh don’t be. All good. :)
Show threadSteve Troughton-SmithFeb 25
@marioguzman the shake was great!
Show threadKeirFeb 25
@stroughtonsmith @marioguzman it reminded me more of shaking your cursor to find it - I liked it as well, particularly being a small window like that. Helpful if you’re bringing it to the front with a load of other windows on screen
Show threadMario GuzmánFeb 25
@keir @stroughtonsmith I found it helpful for this reason too but apparently it was enough for @RogueAmoeba and Marcin Wichary to make articles about it. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ In any case, thanks guys. :)
Show threadKeirFeb 25
@marioguzman @stroughtonsmith @RogueAmoeba ehh, it's your app, do what you want with it 😄
Show threadFrancesco MariniFeb 25

@keir @marioguzman @stroughtonsmith @RogueAmoeba yep, this.

Especially considering that you (Mario) are the de facto champion of the HIG since Apple evidently decided to completely forget about good UI/UX practices.

Show threadLucien DupontFeb 25

@marioguzman Ah, I liked the shake. :). I think sometimes developers discount the users capabilities frankly.

And maybe I never type my passwords wrong but I haven’t seen a shake animation for a wrong password in a long time.

Show threadMario GuzmánFeb 25
@lwdupont I hadn’t either except the login screen every now and then. So many of Apple’s own password windows even just now use labels that your password is wrong LOL.
Show threadRogue AmoebaFeb 27
@marioguzman Have you replaced it with something else? It seems worthwhile to give it some motion (hence the pop), but other ideas could be interesting too!
Show threadMario GuzmánFeb 27
@RogueAmoeba I had already tried them when I was first implementing. And no, I have just removed it completely.