https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=450277
--- Comment #5 from Natalie Clarius <natalie_clar...@yahoo.de> --- (In reply to guimarcalsilva from comment #3) > (In reply to Natalie Clarius from comment #2) > > > I believe it's better to investigate why some people would want to > > > disable the animation and fix whatever causes that need instead. > > > > As one of those people, I simply find it unaesthetic, annoying and > > distracting. I don't want stuff hanging around, blinking or sillily bouncing > > around on my desktop. Especially considering that, as opposed to dialog > > windows or the like that need my reaction, the launch feedback is something > > the user neither needs to nor even can act on, it's just sitting there with > > no way to get it out of the way. > > > > While I don't doubt the possibility that some may find it useful, I myself > > actually did not even understand what it is and what it does until I > > accidentally came across it while digging though the system settings. > > > > The only way to properly "fix" for those who have the resons I gave is the > > option to turn this off altogether, so I would like to advocate in favor in > > favor of not just eliminating the option to disable this. > > The animation has the functional purpose of giving feedback to the user that > the app is being loaded in the background, the same way a loading bar tells > the user operations are still happening. Without it, if the user clicks on > something and it doesn't open right away, they won't know if they misclicked > or if it's just taking too long to load. That's what I pieced together when I learnt it was a "launch feedback", but I could actually not make sense of it just from the animation, and still never found it particularly useful. > Would a more common busy > cursor spinner be a better option in your opinion? (You can see what it > would look like in System Settings > Appearance > Cursors > Second cursor > from the ones shown) Yes, I think that would alleviate both points: It would probably convey more clearly what it means, and be a bit less obtrusive visually. -- You are receiving this mail because: You are watching all bug changes.
