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To add micro-interactions without hurting performance, plan animations using GPU-friendly properties and strict performance budgets. This ensures UI motion enhances usability and provides feedback without degrading frontend responsiveness.

The best way to plan UI motion is to strategically identify where entrance, transition, and micro-interactions add value for clarity and feedback. This approach ensures motion design improves understanding rather than acting as decoration.

To make animations accessible and honor prefers-reduced-motion, implement non-animated fallbacks for users who request reduced motion. This ensures frontend micro-interactions remain usable while maintaining accessibility standards.

Yes, you can implement motion design in an existing feature without breaking UX consistency by following established frontend design principles. Properly documenting animation decisions ensures state changes and transitions remain coherent across the product.

You should not use UI animations when they fail to clarify state changes, provide feedback, or create delight. If frontend motion cannot be executed within performance budgets or support prefers-reduced-motion fallbacks, it should be omitted.