alt Hacker NewsI use their accessibility features to stop all animations I can. Maybe if more people upvote here they will hear us. No point in suffering in silence.
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OptionOfT • yesterday at 5:24 PM
Except auto-playing videos in browser.
p_ing • yesterday at 10:32 AM
Of course “Apple” isn’t listening here. Leave the upvote begging to reddit.
Apple has proper channels for this, including https://www.apple.com/feedback/macos/.
Given Apple has provided a workaround, don’t expect any changes.
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I agree with this entirely:
> no latency from brain to action is the greatest design you can possibly have. We want to feel one with the machine.
But... I used Windows growing up before switching to Linux, and I've been using a Macbook in recent years. Both Windows and Linux can be configured to run with no animation lag, but AFAIK this is just not possible in MacOS. I can't imagine doing anything serious on MacOS with animation log completely interrupting my train of thought or flow state.
I'm no Windows fan, but at least circa 2019, I know Windows 10 could be configured to be similarly snappy and free of laggy animations.
The greatest sin in MacOS is the immense lag when switching desktops ("Spaces"). It's a baffling design decision, I can't believe it's intentional.