As part of the big bug review for 16.04 LTS I have tested this on 15.10 and the bug is still there. I think this is a feature request rather than a bug.
** Changed in: unity (Ubuntu) Status: Confirmed => Opinion ** Changed in: compiz (Ubuntu) Status: Confirmed => Opinion ** Changed in: unity Status: Confirmed => Opinion ** Changed in: compiz Status: New => Opinion ** Changed in: ayatana-design Status: New => Opinion -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Touch seeded packages, which is subscribed to unity in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1098744 Title: Low graphics mode should disable all animations Status in Ayatana Design: Opinion Status in Compiz: Opinion Status in Unity: Opinion Status in compiz package in Ubuntu: Opinion Status in unity package in Ubuntu: Opinion Bug description: At the moment when Unity detects low performance graphics mode (or UNITY_LOW_GFX_MODE environment variable is defined) it disables Dash blur. It should also disable all the animations and minimize the amount of extra work the CPU/GPU has to do to draw the interface. To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ayatana-design/+bug/1098744/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~touch-packages Post to : touch-packages@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~touch-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp