On Wed, 2011-04-06 at 01:25 -0400, Melvin Garcia wrote: > Hi guys/gals. My name is Melvin Garcia, and I'm new to the list. > > I was comparing Mac's Quartz and Windows' Aero animations to Ubuntu's > default animation settings and noticed a few things. First of all > Ubuntu's animations are too fast, to the point of being almost > invisible and in some cases totally invisible. > > Quartz and Aero both feature elegant, smooth animations. They catch > the eye in a pleasant way, but are unobtrusive at the same time. I > believe the current Unity experience, which is very elegant could be > enhanced by slower, smoother animations. Glide 2 is not meant for > "open animation", the window doesn't fade in, it just appears and > animates very quickly. Glide 1, fade or zoom are better suited for > this event. These animations feature a nice "fade in" effect enhancing > the experience. > > "Close animation" should have animations which feature "fade out", > Glide 2, fade and zoom all work well here. > > I know having faster animations can make the system feel faster, but > what's the point in having animations when the user can't appreciate > them? Windows has smooth open, close and minimize animations and yet, > the system feels fast. Desktop animations shouldn't be too slow nor > too fast, they have to walk right in between.
Interesting. I didn't even know we had window animations; I don't see any. Or actually now that you point it out - if I focus very hard I think I can see the fade in when mapping them. But I may be imagining that. This could just be an effect of frame dropping (I have i945 which is renowned for spectacularly bad performance :-)). But still; this used to work with the 0.8 series of Compiz. I guess we need some graphics experts to weigh in. Cheers, Mikkel _______________________________________________ Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~ayatana Post to : ayatana@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~ayatana More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
