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Purposeful vs. Decorative Motion — Quiz
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Purposeful vs. Decorative Motion
A product team adds an animation where each card on a search-results page fades in sequentially, staggered 150 ms apart, creating a 1.8-second reveal cascade every time results load. Applying the communicative test, which statement best describes this animation?
Purposeful, because the stagger communicates that the cards loaded asynchronously and helps users track the list boundary
Purposeful, because entrance animations orient users by establishing spatial hierarchy across the result set
Decorative, because removing the stagger and showing all cards instantly would leave users equally informed about the results
Decorative only for users who have enabled prefers-reduced-motion; it is purposeful for all other users
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