Systems search for what special thing they can offer and at the same time strive for unification. Today's hero is an actor in the play "Uni…

Systems search for what special thing they can offer and at the same time strive for unification. Today's hero is an actor in the play "Unified app-minimization mechanics." Meet: "Pepyaka." A simple Soviet guy, about 4-5 dp high and 100 wide. The role is not dusty - to lie there and remind you that he is exactly the pepyaka that needs to be "picked up" with a finger on the screen to minimize an app. At the same time to be always visible and not shine too much. But is he so simple? What does he get paid for? I made two slow-mo screencasts. You can see that Pepyaka in Android is a log of logs, like your ex. And in iOS he sweats and runs across the field like your favorite striker. In iOS, Pepyaka's work is more complex. The element, being part of the operating system, is rigidly tied to app views. It is as if each app has its own. And it transforms together with the opening and closing of the app. In the app opening animation, a third of the time is given to the smooth landing of the pepyaka into its lower position - so the eye has time to notice and the brain has time to read and fix the position. And most importantly, because of the transformation and the sticking of the pepyaka to the app view, minimizing and expanding feel real. You believe in them. Do we need to talk about Android? We are not comparing The Witcher 3 and Smuta, are we. The implementation of the icon transforming into the app is done super strangely. The view does not transform from small to full-size; instead the area of the mask revealing content changes. As if the designer did not understand how to make a normal prototype in Figma and handed it to the developer like that. And then no design review was done either. As usual, in short. By the way! Apps minimize normally on Android: the app view scales and smoothly turns into an icon. Without any masks. As if opening and closing were made by different people. Picture 2 - expanding inside the mask. Picture 3 - minimizing, like in the great houses And Pepyaka's role in Android strengthens the feeling of money being sawed up and weak immersion in the subject area. Being nailed to the edge of the screen does not help the feeling of natural behavior of objects on the screen.