[Usability]Re: All animations should be disableable

[Benjamin Kahn <xkahn ximian com>]

Mark,
	I think this is being discussed pretty well in the bug:

http://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=95777

On Thu, 2002-10-17 at 16:43, MArk Finlay wrote:
> There has been much flaming about the Metacity minimise animation and
> I'm sure that there will be if the launch feedback in 2.2 isn't
> disablable.
> 
> You don't need to explain to me why preferences are bad or why these
> animations are there in the first place. I'm a stong believer in the
> Gnome to philosophies.
> 
> What I cannot work out is what the negitive effects of having a "disable
> minimse animation" gconf key. How would that option possibly impact the
> "web of preferences" negitively. Turing of an animation has no knock on
> effect AFAIK. 
> 
> So what are the arguements against adding these particualar options? To
> me the upside are:
> 1. Helps ppl running gnome2 on slow hardware
> 2. Allow's advanced users some control without negitively effecting
> "non-technical users"
> 
> 
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