It can present an annoying and time wasting problem when it appears where it is not wanted. Take, for example, Xcode. The shortcut keys to zoom in and out of the storyboard require the shift key. Apple chose to animate the zoom in and zoom out, rather than display the new resolution instantly, so if you want to be more efficient and you try the shortcut keys to zoom in or zoom out of a storyboard, since shift is one of the modifier keys, the animation (unwanted animation) is in slow motion.
In this case, there is a useless animation that slows the user down for a split second and the shift key functionality renders the more efficient shortcut keys useless since the animation is done in slow motion. The user is then forced to remap keys to get working shortcut keys to help navigate the storyboard. Not the best experience for the user by a long shot. Sent from my iPad On Sep 25, 2014, at 12:52 PM, Bill Cheeseman <wjcheese...@gmail.com> wrote: > > On Sep 25, 2014, at 11:53 AM, Kyle Sluder <k...@ksluder.com> wrote: > >> But in general, I think Shift-to-slowly-animate is a misfeature. > > I think of it as an Easter Egg. It is not meant to serve a useful purpose and > therefore is not a feature at all. It is nothing more than a trivial and fun > effect. > > Notice that Apple still implements Shift-key slow motion for the Minimize > button in all applications' windows in Mavericks. And in Yosemite; I just > tried it. So at least Apple isn't concerned about problems -- for whatever > that might be worth. By the way, this is the slow motion animation that Steve > Jobs presented so many years ago, to the delight of thousands. > > Can you suggest a real scenario where it might be a problem? I think first of > Services; for example, Shift-Cmd-Y to create a new sticky note. You are very > unlikely to use that key combination to create a sticky note and > simultaneously, while the Shift key is still down, click the mouse on the > control in one of my applications that implements the slow-motion-on-shift > animation. > > I don't think I've done this, but one way to reduce the chance of problems > would be to specify that ONLY the Shift key be down to trigger the slow > motion effect. If any other modifier keys are down at the same time, it won't > happen. I forget whether a Shift-key-only modifier is possible for menu > items. Even if it is, I don't believe I've ever specified one in my > applications, so the risk of interference would be minimal. > > Apple's Minimize button slow-motion effect works even if you hold down other > modifier keys along with the Shift key. I just tried it with Shift-Cmd-Y (it > requires some contortion if you only have two hands). Sure enough, you're > right, it causes the window to minimize to the Dock in slow motion and only > then does the new sticky note appear. But how often is anybody going to do > that? > > -- > > Bill Cheeseman - b...@cheeseman.name > > _______________________________________________ > > Cocoa-dev mailing list (Cocoa-dev@lists.apple.com) > > Please do not post admin requests or moderator comments to the list. > Contact the moderators at cocoa-dev-admins(at)lists.apple.com > > Help/Unsubscribe/Update your Subscription: > https://lists.apple.com/mailman/options/cocoa-dev/zav%40mac.com > > This email sent to z...@mac.com _______________________________________________ Cocoa-dev mailing list (Cocoa-dev@lists.apple.com) Please do not post admin requests or moderator comments to the list. Contact the moderators at cocoa-dev-admins(at)lists.apple.com Help/Unsubscribe/Update your Subscription: https://lists.apple.com/mailman/options/cocoa-dev/archive%40mail-archive.com This email sent to arch...@mail-archive.com
