Lately most of my hours belong to client work. But there's one file I keep open on the second screen. It's a store locator. A list of shop names and addresses. Every version I built read the same way. Rows of text. Nothing to look at. Nothing that made you want to go. So I added a photo preview on hover. It followed the cursor, the way most of them do. It looked alive. It read worse. My eye chased the image around the screen instead of reading the list I opened the page for. Today I tried the opposite. I locked the preview into one corner and let only the photo change. Now your eye stays on the names. The images sit still and swap quietly beside you, like someone flipping through their trip photos while you read. A list of addresses turned into a set of places you can picture yourself in. Still tuning the timing, but I like where this is heading. What's the last hover effect that actually made you slow down?

Lately most of my hours belong to client work. But there's one file I keep open on the second screen. It's a store locator. A list of shop names and addresses. Every version I built read the same way. Rows of text. Nothing to look at. Nothing that made you want to go. So I added a photo preview on hover. It followed the cursor, the way most of them do. It looked alive. It read worse. My eye chased the image around the screen instead of reading the list I opened the page for. Today I tried the opposite. I locked the preview into one corner and let only the photo change. Now your eye stays on the names. The images sit still and swap quietly beside you, like someone flipping through their trip photos while you read. A list of addresses turned into a set of places you can picture yourself in. Still tuning the timing, but I like where this is heading. What's the last hover effect that actually made you slow down?