Looks like they did build out physical versions of the icons though (much like what google did with Material):

you could have said the same thing about touchscreen phones 10 years ago.

I'd strongly recommend using Illustrator over Photoshop for motion graphics, if you're gonna stay in the Adobe family.

For one, you can then use "Create shapes from vector layer", and super easily do path animation and more fine-grained and complex manipulation within after effects (see: https://medium.com/bridge-collection/adding-a-little-motion-to-your-portfolio-7f1afae9bec5, and http://www.sternfx.com/tutorials/114).

For another, you preserve fidelity while transforming layers, especially when scaling.

It's also just much less setup on the pipeline end, and more tolerant of deciding to make changes with how the animation is composed later on.

Also, for those intimidated by After Effects, see again (https://medium.com/bridge-collection/adding-a-little-motion-to-your-portfolio-7f1afae9bec5). It's a great step by step walkthrough of an example motion graphics pipeline within AE, that assumes no preexisting knowledge about the software.

I like how illustrator handles it. Default to first selection, but allow changing of the key/pivot object on second click of a selected object

Right. The new roads aren't there to make the "map seem less empty", they're there so you can easily eyeball an alternate route once one has been plotted out for you.

We like to point out the irony in the critique of a map's readability being unreadable.

Seriously, had to bump up my zoom to 150%.

and 2013: https://blog.onedrive.com/have-all-your-skydrive-files-with-you-without-using-all-your-storage-or-bandwidth/

but not anymore :-(

also now! https://www.odrive.com/

No animal illustration? Am disappointed.

Actually, the bigger quibble I have is that it further opinionates the action you use to express appreciation for a tweet. This is brilliantly highlighted by the online activity around the Brussels attack yesterday.

Greeting tweets that report death tolls, injuries, and updates, with such a cheesy "happy" reaction feels like a punch in the face—and it's not terribly easy to "just not like it", since we're coached to respond in some way to content we feel is important by social media.

Probably more than any other mainstream network, Twitter is a place where emotions of all extremes are expressed—from unforgettable humor and joy, to intense anger and sadness—but the platform's own systems for achknowledging such emotions are increasingly one-dimensional.