I think the trend towards more animation is fine on a micro-scale – buttons and so forth — but I predict there will eventually be a big backlash against these huge, complex parallax transformations. They are just too exhausting to watch.
Agreed, but I imagine that the parallax/animation aspect will be used sparingly, or very discretely, and only within a few applications. I would be towards the shading, transparency, and having the content cut off flush to the bottom of the window being the most common use of their fluent design principles.
I will be very upset/nauseous if they overuse the parallax effect. The settings will need an off switch.
