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Usability Glossary: anticipation


in animation, preparation before an action so that the user has some foreshadowing of the action and can more effectively interpret the action. For instance, when a character runs away, the character will back off slightly in the opposite direction before launching off.

see also

follow through and overlapping action
slow in and slow out
squash and stretch
staging

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Glossary Categories > Design Principles > User Interaction Principles
Glossary Categories > Computer Graphics > Animation
Glossary Categories > Multimedia > Animation
Glossary Categories > Interaction Design > User Interaction Principles

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