On 11/30/2009 04:43 PM, Onur - Hayri Bakici wrote:
> Hey Guys!
>
> I have also the oppinion, that simply on/off is to radical trimming of the option. I have a suggestion that is actually working with all users (not just developers like us ;) ):
> An simple and advanced mode. The other options can be hidden under the advanced mode settings.
>
> what do you guys think?
>    
Only issue with that IMO is that style configuration is _already_ sort 
of advanced mode. So that it would be advanced-advanced :)
(for a long time I actually ignored totally this tiny "configure" button 
next to the style selection combobox, which leads to this cluttered dialog)
> greetz
>
> Am Dienstag 01 Dezember 2009 00:19:52 schrieb Hugo Pereira Da Costa:
>    
>> Hi Leo,
>>
>> Unfortunately I agree with all your points.
>>
>> Now: the first option is the one and only you ask for. (it is "turn all
>> on" or "all off").
>>
>> The other seven options ... I added them while adding new animations.
>> There is "some sort" of reasoning between them: tab transition for
>> instance, is the only one that can possibly trigger repaints of large
>> portions of the screen. All others are very local.
>>
>> I won't try to motivate each of the options. I left it this way because
>> of lack of time and poor usability skills (lack of time being: coding
>> furiously, changing things often, and always postponing the moment where
>> I should ask usability guys for help. My bad.).
>>
>> I think On/Off is too drastic (due to the limitation above): glows and
>> fade-in/fade-out, (the first four options) are harmless. Progressbars also.
>>
>> Tabs: this can really make your system feel less responsible.
>>
>> Labels: the thing is that it is quite a "sensible" animation, and might
>> actually still be buggy (it is hard to test all applications on the
>> market and people do scary things with labels).
>>
>> So questions:
>> Could there be suggestions for something in-between the single-option,
>> and the current state ?
>> Is it too late to have this fixed for kde4.4 ?
>>
>>
>>
>>      
>>> Just read the update on 4.4 on polishlinux.  Looks cool, but one thing
>>> I need to mention:
>>>
>>> http://www.santyago.pl/data/santyago/images/kde44-1055000-animated-oxygen.jpg
>>>
>>> The Oxygen animations configuration dialog is completely insane.  8
>>> options and a dedicated tab for animation?
>>> What exactly is the use-case for people to configure animations on 8
>>> different GUI elements separately?
>>> Animations support in the default theme deserves exactly one option.  On or Off.
>>> If one particular animation is offensive to lots of people then it
>>> needs to be reworked.  Offering an option to disable them individually
>>> is not a solution, and this kind of thing is the reason that people
>>> get the impression KDE is complicated.
>>>
>>> Cheers,
>>> Leo
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