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Flash motion, calm interface

Connection · 20 October 2026

The 2001 site moved a lot and still felt calm, because everything moved from one place and only when asked. The motion that annoys is the motion nobody requested.

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Miniml, 2001: one line that never moves.Anything that moves on hover is asking for attention it did not earn.

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