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Andy Allen
@andy.works

Had a similar approach with the Paper app—in-app settings to adjust every aspect (positions, lighting, shadows), state buttons to test transitions, and a way to send all values off to my team. Only way to dial in so many interdependent values and get things just right. (Paper, 2012)

Gavin Nelson@gavin.social

My favorite way to fine-tune transitions is to build a set of sliders into a prototype to tweak timing parameters on device, as you're using it.

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Henn Runnel
@hennrunnel.bsky.social

Loved Paper back in the day, so it really lights me up that this piece of UI/UX wisdom popped up in my feed -- 12 years later. Respect to the craft and to you for sharing this. Made my day!

John
@johnv.bsky.social

This approach really paid off—Paper is one of the best apps ever made for the iPad. Back in the day, I convinced so many people to buy an iPad just by showing them how I used Paper. Sadly, all that brilliant work has been abandoned, especially after the app changed hands.