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Design Details: Secret for iOS

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Down for me, you can read the documents, but can't see the animationed gifs:

http://webcache.googleusercontent.com/search?client=firefox-...

7b: if the picture is black and white Saturation becomes Dim.

In case you didn't know already, CAPPTIVATE.co is a great living repository of beautiful iOS animations:

http://capptivate.co

In the same spirit:

http://ui-animations.tumblr.com

This is really great. UI animation really makes or breaks an app's polish on iOS 7 (no data on developing for Android, but I suspect it's the same), so this sort of inspiration is incredibly helpful.

Some of the edit-photo-by-swipe stuff seems neat for us power users, but I wonder as this app gains popularity, if they'll eventually be forced to add more discoverable controls.

This was the least polished part of the app. I have the next version already designed, which adds discovery improvements and more polish and depth to the interactions. Alas, we decided not to implement it before launch.

That's awesome, looking forward to seeing the new stuff in action!

Could we please see a demo?

A bit of cryptic obscurity in the interface fits the brand so well, I doubt it. The app itself has secrets!

For such a simple app as this, the details really matter. They've done a great job

For sure. Best looking app I've ever seen. The level of simplicity is just breath-taking. Amazing how well they made it all come together.

Secret...hmmm, oh right. That app that only has people from the San Francisco/Bay Area using it.

I like Secret...sorry, is this a puff piece? Because it feels like it. It feels like Secret needs a push, and gee, here they come!

Think the author actually works at Buffer, so I doubt there's a push involved. The other two articles in the series are based on Facebook Paper and the iOS Twitter app, so there's hardly any marketing happening here. There is lots of interesting design being shown, though.

Great post is inspire me to right somthing like it.

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