Have you ever heard someone say, “When two worlds collide”? This expression is used when a person from a different background or culture is put in a situation where they are at odds and must face very difficult decisions. When we build a GUI application requiring animations, we are often in a collision course between business and gaming worlds.
In the ever-changing world of rich client applications, you probably have noticed an increase of animations such as pulsing buttons, transitions, moving backgrounds, and so on. When GUI applications use animations, they can provide visual cues to the users to let them ...