I’d focus more on print usability and readability guidelines than computer guidelines. 5Hz eink is closer to a moving newspaper than a slow computer.

https://www.mediapoint.com.au/design-tips/composition-layout... might be moderately helpful.

But my advice: do not count on anything refreshing ever. Do not have animations, or transitions. Preload things to the correct spaces, then fill in. Reserve fixed white areas for output, and then fill in with black. (This works much better than the reverse!)

For quite long running processes, it might be worth having it behind a second page load.

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rafabulsing 2 hours ago | parent | next [-]

Bret Victor's Magic Ink essay is certainly relevant here: https://worrydream.com/MagicInk/

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a2ff6eeb0 2 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-]

I'd kill for regular UIs that did this.

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Anoian an hour ago | parent [-]

Out of curiosity: Why?

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a2ff6eeb0 an hour ago | parent [-]

I'm constantly hitting the wrong button because some animation shifted it, some dialog popped over shit, or some notification decided now was a good time to cover the thing I was trying to do. The animations make things feel sluggish. And they don't even look good.

The only advice that doesn't improve all UIs is the bit about filling in with white and adding black after.

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tmgldn 34 minutes ago | parent [-]

In general, we only really notice the animations that go wrong, like the ones that are too slow or get in the way, but when executed by the book (like the numbers material design published, or perhaps even slightly faster), they are a valuable way of communicating intuition for how to use the UI to a user.

But yes, I can understand the desire to remove them, or at minimum drastically reduce their visual impact for e-ink

	▲	a2ff6eeb0 7 minutes ago \| parent [-]
		Did I stutter? I would like them all gone. I would like all visual elements to appear exactly in their final position and not resize, except in direct response to user interaction. Animations are one of the things that I hate about using modern UIs.

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Natalia724 4 hours ago | parent | prev [-]

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