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It’s pretty trivial to disable most animations (and more importantly transparency!). I’ve been doing that on new MacOS installs since Jaguar and it only takes a
by krrrh 6y ago
It’s pretty trivial to disable most animations (and more importantly transparency!). I’ve been doing that on new MacOS installs since Jaguar and it only takes a few minutes. If you want to move quickly you’re probably already using keyboard shortcuts and ignoring the dock and toolbars.
For less technically adept users (ie. most users) the animations and spacings mostly seem to help them understand what’s going on. I know everyone has their preferences, but I don’t really get the level of griping that accompanies every release.
- lynndotpy 6y agoThe animations on the iPhone are what made me return to Android. On iPhones, you can only "reduce motion", which still has the "moving through molasses" feeling, replacing them with a fade in/out. Can you truly disable most animations in MacOS, or are they simply replaced with fade in/out animations?
- peteretep 6y agoCounter point: I only just noticed my iPhone animates things after I read this comment and went to find some.
- codercotton 6y agoAnimations used to be ~2x slower, /that/ was painful. It's much better now, though I could go with another 2x speedup personally.
- bschwindHN 6y agoWasn't it the case that they used to prevent touch interactions until the animation finished? I remember moving to iOS from android in 2017 and being really annoyed at that, but they fixed it in like iOS 11 or 12.
- dariusj18 6y agoThey used animations as loading times, not bad UX to prevent you from staring at a blank screen, or waiting for an app to open, thinking the phone didn't register your action.
- mkj 6y agoAFAIK the workspace switching animation can't be disabled.
- IggleSniggle 6y agoYou can pick between a “swipe” animation and a “fade” animation.