>>105729874I think this is one of those instance where technically adept autists who dont' give two shits about how anything looks build a UI they prefer and then it gets shit on by almost everyone else because UI design and usability is a separate skill.
A simple example is something like an animated minimization or highlighting when mousing over an action button. They take more resource, but for many users can be informative and make their overall experience better- Knowing exactly where on the task bar (or wherever) something is being minimized or seeing an indication that your cursor is above the maximize button instead of the minimize button, take resources. Some could claim they're being wasted, but the amount you'd save is often not balanced by having to visibly search around for that icon on the task bar, or fucking up clicking and closing the goddamn window because you were right on the line between the close button and there maximize button. This is not to say there aren't some high resource, low information animations - the traditional
>SPINNING CUBE AND WOBBLY WINDOWSof the Compiz era are a good example here, -normally kept to show off or just for fun of it, isn't necessary or integrated into anything mandatory. Stuff like what's being described here are nowhere near as dynamic, but fall into perceived quality of animation. I don't have a problem with its presence but if they have added something new, I'd hope they'd also add something able to disable with an easy toggle.