I have always found turning blur off via CCSM makes the dash much more responsive (though completely unusable) so yes it does seem to make a lot of difference. And anything that can improve responsiveness of a major component such as the dash should be seriously considered.
On 12 November 2012 21:50, Ian Santopietro <isan...@gmail.com> wrote: > Is it really the blur that's causing slowdowns though? From conversations > I've had with Unity engineers, the blur is not a particularly intensive > effect, Atty least not in the way that Unity implements it. Remember, just > because Window's blur is slow, doesn't mean Unity's will be as well. > > On Nov 12, 2012 2:44 PM, "Brandon Watkins" <bwa...@gmail.com> wrote: >> >> On 11/12/2012 02:40 PM, balint...@gmail.com wrote: >> >> I have made a really quick mockup about what i think would solve 2 things >> i dont like about the current implementation of unity. >> >> The blurred dash slows down the overall unity experience. Especially on >> non-intel devices and while runnung dynamically rendered content (video or >> games). >> The close button is in the corner in place of the ubuntu logo right now. >> >> What do you think? >> >> -- >> Csonka Bálint >> >> >> >> I'd take any alternative over the blur, in my experience its unusable slow >> on any chips pre-sandybridge. For example my older laptop has intel ironlake >> and the dash blur makes unity totally unusable. >> >> -- >> Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~unity-design >> Post to : unity-design@lists.launchpad.net >> Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~unity-design >> More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp >> > > -- > Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~unity-design > Post to : unity-design@lists.launchpad.net > Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~unity-design > More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp > -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~unity-design Post to : unity-design@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~unity-design More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
