ultimate-pi 0.1.2 → 0.1.4

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- **Easing curve resources:** Don't create curves from scratch. Use [easing.dev](https://easing.dev/) or [easings.co](https://easings.co/) to find stronger custom variants of standard easings.
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- **Rule: UI animations should stay under 300ms.** A 180ms dropdown feels more responsive than a 400ms one. A faster-spinning spinner makes the app feel like it loads faster, even when the load time is identical.
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- **Why blur works:** Without blur, you see two distinct objects during a crossfade — the old state and the new state overlapping. This looks unnatural. Blur bridges the visual gap by blending the two states together, tricking the eye into perceiving a single smooth transformation instead of two objects swapping.
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- Duplicate the tab list. Style the copy as "active" (different background, different text color). Clip the copy so only the active tab is visible. Animate the clip on tab change. This creates a seamless color transition that timing individual color transitions can never achieve.
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- ### Damping at boundaries
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- ### Friction instead of hard stops
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- ## Performance Rules
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- Changing a CSS variable on a parent recalculates styles for all children. In a drawer with many items, updating `--swipe-amount` on the container causes expensive style recalculation. Update `transform` directly on the element instead.
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- Framer Motion's shorthand properties (`x`, `y`, `scale`) are NOT hardware-accelerated. They use `requestAnimationFrame` on the main thread. For hardware acceleration, use the full `transform` string:
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- This matters when the browser is simultaneously loading content, running scripts, or painting. At Vercel, the dashboard tab animation used Shared Layout Animations and dropped frames during page loads. Switching to CSS animations (off main thread) fixed it.
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- ### Use WAAPI for programmatic CSS animations
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- The Web Animations API gives you JavaScript control with CSS performance. Hardware-accelerated, interruptible, and no library needed.
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- ## Accessibility
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- ### prefers-reduced-motion
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- Animations can cause motion sickness. Reduced motion means fewer and gentler animations, not zero. Keep opacity and color transitions that aid comprehension. Remove movement and position animations.
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- ### Touch device hover states
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- ## The Sonner Principles (Building Loved Components)
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- 1. **Developer experience is key.** No hooks, no context, no complex setup. Insert `<Toaster />` once, call `toast()` from anywhere. The less friction to adopt, the more people will use it.
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- 2. **Good defaults matter more than options.** Ship beautiful out of the box. Most users never customize. The default easing, timing, and visual design should be excellent.
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- 3. **Naming creates identity.** "Sonner" (French for "to ring") feels more elegant than "react-toast". Sacrifice discoverability for memorability when appropriate.
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- 4. **Handle edge cases invisibly.** Pause toast timers when the tab is hidden. Fill gaps between stacked toasts with pseudo-elements to maintain hover state. Capture pointer events during drag. Users never notice these, and that is exactly right.
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- 5. **Use transitions, not keyframes, for dynamic UI.** Toasts are added rapidly. Keyframes restart from zero on interruption. Transitions retarget smoothly.
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- 6. **Build a great documentation site.** Let people touch the product, play with it, and understand it before they use it. Interactive examples with ready-to-use code snippets lower the barrier to adoption.
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- ### Cohesion matters
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- Sonner's animation feels satisfying partly because the whole experience is cohesive. The easing and duration fit the vibe of the library. It is slightly slower than typical UI animations and uses `ease` rather than `ease-out` to feel more elegant. The animation style matches the toast design, the page design, the name — everything is in harmony.
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- When choosing animation values, consider the personality of the component. A playful component can be bouncier. A professional dashboard should be crisp and fast. Match the motion to the mood.
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- ### The opacity + height combination
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- When items enter and exit a list (like Family's drawer), the opacity change must work well with the height animation. This is often trial and error. There is no formula — you adjust until it feels right.
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- ### Review your work the next day
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590
- Review animations with fresh eyes. You notice imperfections the next day that you missed during development. Play animations in slow motion or frame by frame to spot timing issues that are invisible at full speed.
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- ### Asymmetric enter/exit timing
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- Pressing should be slow when it needs to be deliberate (hold-to-delete: 2s linear), but release should always be snappy (200ms ease-out). This pattern applies broadly: slow where the user is deciding, fast where the system is responding.
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- /* Release: fast */
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- .button:active .overlay {
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- ## Stagger Animations
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- transform: translateY(8px);
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- .item:nth-child(1) {
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- animation-delay: 0ms;
621
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- .item:nth-child(2) {
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- .item:nth-child(3) {
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- animation-delay: 100ms;
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- .item:nth-child(4) {
629
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- @keyframes fadeIn {
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- transform: translateY(0);
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640
- Keep stagger delays short (30-80ms between items). Long delays make the interface feel slow. Stagger is decorative — never block interaction while stagger animations are playing.
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642
- ## Debugging Animations
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- ### Slow motion testing
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646
- Play animations at reduced speed to spot issues invisible at full speed. Temporarily increase duration to 2-5x normal, or use browser DevTools animation inspector to slow playback.
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- Things to look for in slow motion:
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- - Does the easing feel right, or does it start/stop abruptly?
652
- - Is the transform-origin correct, or does the element scale from the wrong point?
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- - Are multiple animated properties (opacity, transform, color) in sync?
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- ### Frame-by-frame inspection
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- Step through animations frame by frame in Chrome DevTools (Animations panel). This reveals timing issues between coordinated properties that you cannot see at full speed.
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659
- ### Test on real devices
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- For touch interactions (drawers, swipe gestures), test on physical devices. Connect your phone via USB, visit your local dev server by IP address, and use Safari's remote devtools. The Xcode Simulator is an alternative but real hardware is better for gesture testing.
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- ## Review Checklist
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- | Issue | Fix |
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- | `transition: all` | Specify exact properties: `transition: transform 200ms ease-out` |
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- | `scale(0)` entry animation | Start from `scale(0.95)` with `opacity: 0` |
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- | `ease-in` on UI element | Switch to `ease-out` or custom curve |
672
- | `transform-origin: center` on popover | Set to trigger location or use Radix/Base UI CSS variable (modals are exempt — keep centered) |
673
- | Animation on keyboard action | Remove animation entirely |
674
- | Duration > 300ms on UI element | Reduce to 150-250ms |
675
- | Hover animation without media query | Add `@media (hover: hover) and (pointer: fine)` |
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- | Keyframes on rapidly-triggered element | Use CSS transitions for interruptibility |
677
- | Framer Motion `x`/`y` props under load | Use `transform: "translateX()"` for hardware acceleration |
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- | Same enter/exit transition speed | Make exit faster than enter (e.g., enter 2s, exit 200ms) |
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- | Elements all appear at once | Add stagger delay (30-80ms between items) |