Panache: A New Animation Engine for Dreamweaver

The only thing that concerns me though, is the over use of css effects, as there is a very fine line between good and bad effects.

We try to put best practices tips into our docs, to prevent "overuse" of certain widgets. But sometimes we do see some interesting examples. I'm thinking a character implode animation on a 300-word paragraph would be kind of interesting. But in the hands of a good designer the effects can be engaging. It's all about restraint... and panache

Right now there are no keyframes. The timing is controlled by data attributes, with which delay time and animation duration can be set. We're thinking that users are not going to want to reverse animations, so keyframes are not in the equation right now. As it evolves, though, we might add multi-stage animations, which could work off keyframes... or scripted class changes. Scripting provides a more precise time slice, by the way, than pure CSS. What the script also does, is stage the "imploding" characters (or words) into discreet spans at runtime, which is the only way that type of animation can run.