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 The purpose of this sprint is to design and develop three key areas that we feel Firefox would benefit from animation:
-* Tab tearoff
+# Tab tearoff
-* Text search on page
+# Text search on page
-* Movement of toolbar items within rows (UI elements, bookmarks, tabs)
+# Movement of toolbar items within rows (UI elements, bookmarks, tabs)
 =Introduction=
-Animation in browsers can have many benefits for interaction if used effectively.  It can:
+Animation in the browser is a tool, but not a goal unto itself. Wherever animation is used, it should be with a definite and purpose and benefit to the user.
+Like many web technologies, animation is a useful but easily abused tool. The early web and the dawn of the .gif format saw animation heinously overused websites, with blinking, spinning, and scrolling animations thrown in because they "looked cool." As the web stopped foaming at the mouth and begin the transition to what could be done to what should be done, animation became used more successfully as a tool. Some ways in which animation can be useful include:
 * Making browsing feel faster
 * Adding visual affordances to makes tasks more understandable
 * Making the browser and tasks more visually appealing
+To bring animation to Firefox, we decided to first focus on three key areas that we felt would give users the most benefit by adding animation.  Out of many possibilities, we looked for places where animation would make interactions feel faster and help users perform tasks.
+(3 areas)
 =Target Release=