Microinteractions are small moments in an application or interface that serve a single purpose. Every time you slide the home screen to unlock your i phone, open an application, post something, tweet something and even hovering your mouse over a link, you are experiencing microinteractions. In a book called Designing with Details they highlight the structure of a beautifully-crafted microinteraction and its four parts.
- A Trigger initiates a microinteraction.
- The Rules determine what happens.
- Feedback lets people know what’s happening.
- Loops and Modes determine the meta-rules of the microinteraction.
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