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[Ian Santopietro <isantop@xxxxxxxxx>]

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.
On Apr 6, 2011 1:55 AM, "Mikkel Kamstrup Erlandsen" <
mikkel.kamstrup@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> 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
>
>
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