GNOME Bugzilla – Bug 677036
Transitions are too disruptive
Last modified: 2012-08-21 10:27:50 UTC
In this YouTube video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=rsSV33XxePk ..the animations look too disruptive. GRID TO FILTERED RESULT TRANSITION While this is not an animation which happens frequently, hence it could be quite disruptive, the animation is actually conflicting with the user mental model. The results not only are the same level of the grid screen, but they are actually the same elements. MacOS leaves the grid in place and highlights the relevant results. Very useful but also not very elegant. Especially because the bull eye style they use. Maybe this could be done in a more sober style. Otherwise the previous not animated version is recommended. I am sure online there are many examples where a similar solution is enhanced by simple fades in and out. GRID TO PANEL TRANSITION This is a transition which might happen quite often. For this reason it has to be very light. Besides reducing at the minimum the delay from click to animation start (e.g.: Not waiting for the panel to be rendered). Some of the content could also fade during the transition to reduce the overall amount of pixel movement.
Hey Christian, thanks for the report. I personally found it to be useful, and agreed with many of the points you raised. It seems that Jimmac had some of the same thoughts and filed a separate bug which has now been fixed, so I'm closing this as a duplicate. *** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of bug 682127 ***