Spent 45 minutes on a variable font slider that nobody will ever touch

I just watched a dev convert my perfect font axis slider into a basic dropdown because "users don't notice" the difference. Why are we spending hours on micro-interactions in design files when the final product strips them out anyway? Has anyone else had their nuanced typography work flattened into a select menu?

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jake_mason307d agoMost Upvoted

Ugh, yep, that slider deserved better.

leebrown7d ago

Deserved better" is putting it mildly for sure.

josephs267d agoMost Upvoted

Oh man, "users don't notice" is the worst excuse. @jake_mason30 I feel this hard. I had a whole animated loading state with custom easing that got swapped for a stock spinner. Just gone. Like why even bother.