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CSS-026 · Angles and time

s · ms

The second and the millisecond — the official time of transitions and animations.

One s is the ordinary second and one ms, its thousandth: the two currencies of the <time> type, spent on durations and delays of transition and animation. The border of good taste tends to live between them — microinteractions in hundreds of ms, long cycles in s.

One scale-room rigor sets them apart from lengths: zero needs its unit. margin: 0 clears inspection, but transition-duration: 0 is invalid — write 0s. Time, in this standard, never travels without papers.

.aviso {
  transition: opacity 200ms ease-out;
}
.pulso {
  animation: pulso 2s ease-in-out infinite alternate;
}
Two hundred milliseconds to respond, two seconds to breathe.