There is. They fade out. 2011/4/6 Ian Santopietro <isan...@gmail.com>
> Ah, I see that now. There isn't a default close animation though, at least > not for normal windows. > > > On Wed, Apr 6, 2011 at 07:22, Mikkel Kamstrup Erlandsen < > mikkel.kamst...@canonical.com> wrote: > >> On Wed, 2011-04-06 at 07:05 -0600, Ian Santopietro wrote: >> > If you're having trouble seeing the animations, you might try setting >> > a slow keybpard shortcut in the composite plugin settings. >> > >> > Actually, I really like the speed of the Ubuntu animations. The >> > windows animations are definitely too slow, and sometimes I feel like >> > I have to wait for the animation. >> > >> > That said, I don't think there is an open animation by default. This >> > could definitely be changed. Just make sure it's fast. 120 Ms is a >> > great speed. >> >> There is an open animation. Fading in for 80ms. And I guess what I see >> in my system - that accounting for a pretty massive frame dropping then >> a 80ms animation might never hit the screen. Or worse, be a 1-2 frame >> flicker. >> >> Other people interested in playing with this can hit alt-f2 and type >> "about:config". Then find the Animation plugin and tune your animation >> times to 300ms or something where you can definitely perceive the >> animations. >> >> I am totally with you - animations must be very quick subtle hints. What >> needs consideration is why we drop frames. >> >> Cheers, >> Mikkel >> >> > On Apr 6, 2011 1:55 AM, "Mikkel Kamstrup Erlandsen" >> > <mikkel.kamst...@canonical.com> wrote: >> > > 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 >> > >> >> >> > > > -- > Ian Santopietro > > "Eala Earendel enlga beorohtast > Ofer middangeard monnum sended" > > Pa gur yv y porthaur? > > Public GPG key (RSA): > http://keyserver.ubuntu.com:11371/pks/lookup?op=get&search=0x412F52DB1BBF1234 > > > _______________________________________________ > Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~ayatana > Post to : ayatana@lists.launchpad.net > Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~ayatana > More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp > >
_______________________________________________ Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~ayatana Post to : ayatana@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~ayatana More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
