Stop Lion from fading in icons

SDAVE

macrumors 601

Original poster

• Oct 20, 2011

• #1

Is it possible to turn off the fading in of icons when you use mission control to have multiple desktops? It's very annoying and actually slows down work.

 

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fakpuppet

macrumors newbie

• Dec 16, 2011

• #2

SDAVE said:

Is it possible to turn off the fading in of icons when you use mission control to have multiple desktops? It's very annoying and actually slows down work.

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That is something I totally agree with. I wonder what they were thinking. It adds nothing to usability, is visually displeasing and yes the first thing I though was "how do I disable this crap?". Unfortunately the answer is "you can't"...

 

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bill-p

macrumors 68040

• Dec 16, 2011

• #3

Uh... what fading in are we talking about here?

 

SDAVE

macrumors 601

Original poster

• Dec 16, 2011

• #4

bill-p said:

Uh... what fading in are we talking about here?

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Try changing the desktops, notice how the desktop icons fade in every time you switch desktops through missing control (mine is 4 fingers on the pad).

All of the desktops have the same icons. Why do they need to fade in?

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fakpuppet said:

That is something I totally agree with. I wonder what they were thinking. It adds nothing to usability, is visually displeasing and yes the first thing I though was "how do I disable this crap?". Unfortunately the answer is "you can't"...

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Indeed. What's the purpose of the fade? When you're working it's kind of annoying.

There is nothing "graceful" about the way it fades in. Knowing Apple, this move comes as a surprise.

 

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Joos24

macrumors regular

• Dec 16, 2011

• #5

SDAVE said:

Is it possible to turn off the fading in of icons when you use mission control to have multiple desktops? It's very annoying and actually slows down work.

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I know the effect you're talking about but it slows down your workflow?? That's stretching pretty far. Oy Vey. 🙄

 

SDAVE

macrumors 601

Original poster

• Dec 20, 2011

• #6

Joos24 said:

I know the effect you're talking about but it slows down your workflow?? That's stretching pretty far. Oy Vey. 🙄

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I work at the speed of light, so it is distracting.

Oy vey. 🙄

 

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Sir Edmund III

macrumors newbie

• Dec 20, 2011

• #7

I'm a bit lost here and still don't understand what exactly is "fading".

Do you mean the transition/animation you see when the desktops slide? Or the zoom effect they have when you select one?

 

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phyrexia

macrumors 6502a

• Dec 20, 2011

• #8

Sir Edmund III said:

I'm a bit lost here and still don't understand what exactly is "fading".

Do you mean the transition/animation you see when the desktops slide? Or the zoom effect they have when you select one?

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1. Ensure Space 2 doesnt have any windows blocking the desktop icons.
2. Switch from Space 1 to Space 2.
3. Observe that the desktop icons (like your HDD, any mounted .DMGs, etc) fade into existence rather than always being in place and scrolling into view with the background.

This annoys me slightly as well.

 

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Buduls

macrumors newbie

• Dec 20, 2011

• #9

phyrexia said:

1. Ensure Space 2 doesnt have any windows blocking the desktop icons.
2. Switch from Space 1 to Space 2.
3. Observe that the desktop icons (like your HDD, any mounted .DMGs, etc) fade into existence rather than always being in place and scrolling into view with the background.

This annoys me slightly as well.

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Oh thats what you are talking about.. Mission control mentioned in first post got me lost here..