Animation for image elements in a display layout

One or more computer-readable non-transitory storage media embodying software that is operable when executed by one or more processors to:

• provide a plurality of image elements arranged in a display layout, each of the image elements comprising content associated with one or more entities corresponding to one or more nodes of a social graph, respectively, wherein the social graph comprises a plurality of nodes and a plurality of edges connecting the nodes;
• receive a first user input selecting one of the image elements, the selected image element being associated with an originating user that is an originator of the selected image element, wherein the originating user corresponds to a first node of the plurality of nodes;
• provide, in response to the first user input, for display a first animation sequence to enlarge the selected image element until the selected image element reaches a pre-determined size with respect to a display of a computing device while moving all remaining image elements of the plurality of image elements off the display of the computing device;
• provide for display a second animation sequence for an information panel associated with the enlarged selected image element, wherein the second animation sequence comprises the information panel swinging down from a bottom edge of the enlarged selected image element from a first partially-visible state in which the information panel appears laterally suspended along a plane different from the enlarged selected image element to a second fully-visible state in which the information panel is displayed adjacent to the enlarged selected image element on a same plane as the enlarged selected image element;
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• display social information associated with the selected image element in the information panel, the social information comprising an image element of the originating user and one or more other users who have interacted with the selected image element, the one or more other users corresponding to one or more second nodes of the plurality of nodes, respectively, each of the second nodes being connected to the first node by an edge in the social graph.

A system comprising:

• one or more processors;
• and
• a memory coupled to the processors comprising instructions executable by the processors, the processors being operable when executing the instructions to:
• provide a plurality of image elements arranged in a display layout, each of the image elements comprising content associated with one or more entities corresponding to one or more nodes of a social graph, respectively, wherein the social graph comprises a plurality of nodes and a plurality of edges connecting the nodes;
• receive a first user input selecting one of the image elements, the selected image element being associated with an originating user that is an originator of the selected image element, wherein the originating user corresponds to a first node of the plurality of nodes;
• provide, in response to the first user input, for display a first animation sequence to enlarge the selected image element until the selected image element reaches a pre-determined size with respect to a display of a computing device while moving all remaining image elements of the plurality of image elements off the display of the computing device;
• provide for display a second animation sequence for an information panel associated with the enlarged selected image element, wherein the second animation sequence comprises the information panel swinging down from a bottom edge of the enlarged selected image element from a first partially-visible state in which the information panel appears laterally suspended along a plane different from the enlarged selected image element to a second fully-visible state in which the information panel is displayed adjacent to the enlarged selected image element on a same plane as the enlarged selected image element;
• and
• display social information associated with the selected image element in the information panel, the social information comprising an image element of the originating user and one or more other users who have interacted with the selected image element, the one or more other users corresponding to one or more second nodes of the plurality of nodes, respectively, each of the second nodes being connected to the first node by an edge in the social graph.