Signals Platform fingerprints
framer-motion present
- Category
- Platform fingerprints
- Direction
- Pushes the score up
- Weight
- +6
What it is
Artefacts of the tool, not of taste. Using a popular tool is not a crime, and this fingerprint says nothing about whether the page is any good. It says the tool's output shipped without being cleaned up.
How it is weighted
6 points is deliberately light. This one is a hint, and it is only interesting alongside others.
What to do about it
If it is only powering one fade-in, drop it and use a CSS transition. Keep it only where motion carries meaning.
Where it fires
None of our worked examples trip this one, which is itself informative — it means the pattern is rarer than the tells that fire constantly, so when it does show up it is worth paying attention to.