From the article:<p>"Time is a heavily neglected aspect of user experience. Humans don’t just experience states of a device, they experience the transition between states too. States with hard cuts between them are jarring for the the user.
If an actor in a play were to exit stage right and re-enter moments later from stage left, the audience would notice the lack of continuity. It would be jarring. It would release the immersion."<p>This is everything I dislike about the 'mobile experience' and exactly why I like using a CLI. I tend to believe I'm not alone.<p>Oh the glory days of the HP OmniGo 700LX! [1] 1996 'smartphone' (well, it had a <i>built in Nokia 2110</i>), UI with quicker response to user input and screen transitions than most non-flagship smartphones 20 years younger (maybe I'm exaggerating and should upgrade my 4yo smartphone).<p><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J1UtCJ84Ris" rel="nofollow">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J1UtCJ84Ris</a>