David Bushell is very sick of the “scroll fade” effect. It’s the effect where, as you scroll down a page, elements slide into place. Often, all the elements. I agree it’s overplayed since it’s usually movement for the sake of it, not adding anything to the experience. It’s true that movement catches our eye, but […]

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A brief commentary agreeing with David Bushell's critique of the overused 'scroll fade' effect — where page elements animate into view as users scroll. The piece argues that while CSS has made such animations trivially easy to implement, the effect is often gratuitous movement with no UX benefit, and its ubiquity has made it more annoying than engaging.

Death to Scroll Fade! – Frontend Masters Blog