I met the most interesting guy once. He was a professor at Columbia and a consultant for Wall Street, helping design UIs for traders.
He explained how we process and prioritize visual cues -- how, if an element expands equally to the left AND right of our field of vision, it gets highest priority because it resembles an object heading toward our face.
For that reason, he avoided this design for everything except the highest-priority events.
Not crapping on your library -- it looks really nice :) But in general, I think it's worth considering if it's necessary to demand users' attention all over the place. I think information overload isn't solely in the content we consume but how it's presented.
He explained how we process and prioritize visual cues -- how, if an element expands equally to the left AND right of our field of vision, it gets highest priority because it resembles an object heading toward our face.
For that reason, he avoided this design for everything except the highest-priority events.
Not crapping on your library -- it looks really nice :) But in general, I think it's worth considering if it's necessary to demand users' attention all over the place. I think information overload isn't solely in the content we consume but how it's presented.