Animated transitions in Find My

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Skeuomorphic timer in Opal

3D transition when navigating to a story from a different user on Instagram

Fireworks appear if a perfect Lighthouse score is achieved on Chrome

Transition animation when completing an activity on Strava

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Effort selection animations in Claude Code

Hidden jumping minigame in GitHub Copilot's desktop app

Unlock animation in Monzo

Profile menu open animation in @transit.app

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File upload animation in Dropbox

Camera opens from the dynamic island in pico cam

Pull-to-refresh animation in Snapchat

World cup brackets visualization in Apple Sports

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Modal transitions and animations in Luma

"Printing" animation when viewing your run in Run Receipt

Activity status animation in Bevel

Keyboard shortcut tutorial in Perplexity's onboarding

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Pull-to-refresh animation in Claude

Typing "awesome" in YouTube turns the progress bar into a flashing rainbow of colors

Animation when revealing spoiler content in Threads

Animated launch screen when opening Sudoku a Day

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Tap to cycle through available icon styles in Ghostty

Swipe up to enter in Wabi's onboarding

Permissions flow in Codex