We designed our mobile share sheet animation with two goals:
1. Make saving beautiful, calming, and a little slower.
We learned that people who save intentionally end up enjoying using mymind a lot more. A slightly slower, beautiful animation gives you an extra second or two to reflect on what you saved and why, instead of rushing through it. It's a mymind moment.
We like to think of it as taking a deep breath in and out, so every save becomes a calming moment (:
The opposite is also true. People who save too fast and too much, or who focus on importing and automating often end up with a cluttered mind where everything inside ends up meaning nothing to them and eventually they abandon it (this usually happens with other apps too).
2. Make it completely hands-off.
You save, see the confirmation, and it automatically closes. No forms to fill out or additional buttons to tap. You can intercept it to add tags or notes if you want, but you can trust that everything will be filed, classified and organized for you to find later.
Our favorite part is how the feedback has changed over the years. At first people were confused and wanted it faster. Over time, they came to appreciate the slowness and realized that the extra second of reflection helps "write" the memory into their own brain too, so they're more likely to remember it later.
You probably think we're crazy, but we really do think about these things a lot. Every little detail matters. That's the fun of it!