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I used to wonder why my ThinkPad sometimes ran for 12 hours and sometimes 5. Turns out that Google Docs has an animated cursor that doesn't just blink, it fades
by shereadsthenews 8y ago
I used to wonder why my ThinkPad sometimes ran for 12 hours and sometimes 5. Turns out that Google Docs has an animated cursor that doesn't just blink, it fades in and out using javascript. Animation cost several W on average. UX guys love animations because I dunno they are just psychos.
- userbinator 8y agoReminds me of this: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=13940014 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=13940014 (I believe that the 13% CPU nentioned there is a rounded-up 12.5% of the whole CPU, or in other words a full 100% of one of 8 hyperthreads.)
- shereadsthenews 8y agoRemarkably similar, yes!
- smorrow 8y agoI've always appreciated Windows's animations for minimise and restore. I hate animations that don't do anything for you, though. Brian Kernighan's COS333 page links to a goodui.org that recommends animations (in moderation) but also a bunch of horrible stuff. So there's that.