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How to remove ripple effect when adding widgets in Dashboard?

When you drag it onto the dashboard, just click again (on it) to instantly remove the effect. (Not really a solution, merely a way of speeding the process up).
 
I mean, for instance, I can see myself getting annoyed with it since I have a G4 and lags like hell. But can't see it bothering me on a super duper MacPro.
 
invigorated said:
😕 You spend that much time adding widgets that your worried about the ripple effect??
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Well, I only + them to Dashboard when I need them, so I don't have unnecessary memory usage in the background. Hence, most of the time I only have like 1 widget open. When I need, say, the calculator, I hit the + and open it up. It gets annoying.

So to answer your question, yes, I do hit the + on Dashboard probably 3-4x a day. And the ripple is annoying.
 
I use LaunchBar. When I want to launch a widget I type part of its name and hit enter. Dashboard opens, and the widget is there, without the ripple animation.

And, more importantly, without having to use the mouse.

A big Dashboard timesaver (before I hit on using LaunchBar to launch widgets) was discovering that command-+ opens the Dashboard dock, and command-left and command-right arrow scrolls it back and forth. Also, you can just click on a widget in the Dashboard dock to launch it: you don't have to drag it out.
 
yellow said:
I'm supposed to magically know what kind of computer you have, how?
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Sorry, probably should have clarified. It is in my sig though, you'd think one with over 12,000 posts would see that 😉

Anyways, I don't think removing a video card and putting a crappier one in to get rid of a ripple effect is realistic. I'm sorry if you thought I want to get of the ripple THAT badly. 🙄
 
Veritas&Equitas said:
Well, I only + them to Dashboard when I need them, so I don't have unnecessary memory usage in the background. Hence, most of the time I only have like 1 widget open. When I need, say, the calculator, I hit the + and open it up. It gets annoying.

So to answer your question, yes, I do hit the + on Dashboard probably 3-4x a day. And the ripple is annoying.
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Why do you rotate your widgets so often? Your mbp should be able to handle them no? If not, then things like calculator should be put into your Dock and use that way. Otherwise, the double-click method (second click slightly delayed) is the fastest in terms of getting the ripple to end prematurely. I don't know if there's an easy way to turn it off. Try PMing Mad Jew for this. If anyone would know, it would be him.
 
Time for the long overdue funny answer:

Get rid of all that useless VRAM.

actually, yellow beat me to it, but anyway, the ripple effect only works on macs with more than 64mb of VRAM.
 
Veritas&Equitas said:
And you have one yourself! 😛 lol
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That matters not.

Ultimately, you asked, I answered.

There's no way for you to turn off the ripple effect in Dashboard.
Your comptuer is sufficently fast (now that I've looked at your sig) that I'm suprised that this bothers you at all.
 
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