AI Products Polish the 'Thinking' Animation, but Users Just Want to Stop Waiting
sujingshen · x · 2026-10-03
A product designer weighs in on the trend of increasingly polished "thinking" animations in AI products: users don't want a prettier overlay, they want to be freed from waiting altogether. His real metric: how many steps and open tabs the AI saves you. Nice animation is a bonus — getting the job done is why people pay.
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