Concerning animated widgets

[Timothy J.Wood]

    ... and FYI, I've just committed code to implement this preference.  
We don't have UI for it yet (and probably won't for 3.0, but will for 
some future release).  Starting with the next release should should be 
able to issue the following command in Terminal.app to turn off 
animations:

	defaults write com.omnigroup.OmniOutliner3 OOOutlineViewShouldAnimate 
-bool false

or, for Pro:

	defaults write com.omnigroup.OmniOutlinerPro3 
OOOutlineViewShouldAnimate -bool false

-tim


On Monday, December 6, 2004, at 10:57  AM, James Moore wrote:

> We suspected that some folks would want to disable the animations. 
> I've opened a feature request for adding a pref to turn them off.
>
> If anyone else thinks that they would be happier with the animations 
> off please send email to omnioutliner3 at omnigroup.com and let us know.
>
>
> -James
>
> Technical Support Engineer
> The Omni Group
>
> On Dec 5, 2004, at 8:31 AM, ooutline-ml.5.haelo at spamgourmet.com wrote:
>
>>> More was snappier both with opening notes and with going down a level
>>> when clicking on handles. More was instant, but there is some sort of
>>> windowshade effect in OO. Can this be turned off as a user
>>> preference. Is this considered an advantage by some?
>>
>> I was going to bring up the same thing myself. All of the widget
>> animation seems a bit excessive to me. In the change file it is stated
>> that animation was added to reduce visual confusion, but I cannot
>> think of one time where I became so confused that I was lost, because
>> parts of the outline collapsed when I told it to -- unless the
>> application was poorly written and the upper portion above the fold
>> jumped around. As long as everything below the fold is what moves --
>> there isn't anything confusing. Animating the folding process makes
>> everything feel very slow.
>>
>> The application QuickSilver has an option to turn off excessive visual
>> flare, I think something of similar nature should be adopted in OO3.
>> Things like that tend to distract, and in an application whose very
>> purpose is to capture thought and be completely out of the way about
>> it -- it is a little much. OO2 was much better at being simple and out
>> of the way. A conduit for your thoughts. The tool should not intrude,
>> and animation intrudes for the same reason that it reduces visual
>> confusion.
>>
>> -- 
>> i.
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