The lags/delays weren't clear to a lot of people either, yet they clearly exist. The reverse of that can apply in similar fashion.
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New Animations are SO MUCH BETTER [in 7.0.3]
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So you are ignoring that side by side video I posted clearly showing that its faster?
Way to ignore facts. Yeah, lets ignore facts and go with human perception and subjective opinion.
The option is there by default--simply don't enable the reduce motion accessibility setting.
What we're trying to tell you (and you keep ignoring) is that it IS clearly faster.
You're telling yourself it's not because you don't want to lose the animations. If it makes you feel better, it's not THAT much faster with them off....
but faster enough that I'm turning them off on my phone, despite liking them.
Hooray for options!
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I don't really know if they're faster or not, but they are way more professional looking than the zooming animation.
I've tried doing side by sides and see no difference in speed. I unlock then immediately try to open various apps...Takes same amount or time. It ISNT clearly faster. If it IS faster, it's purely only faster on paper.
Either placebo, or Apples programming is such crap that it doesn't uniformly operate on various devices of same model.
Either placebo, or Apples programming is such crap that it doesn't uniformly operate on various devices of same model.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XfaJcoa8Jq8
Faster.
I can interact with apps instantly when they appear, and the update process starts right away (Weather, stocks, facebook, etc).
Faster.
New Animations are SO MUCH BETTER [in 7.0.3]
The only one of these that is valid is the one about being able to swipe to the second page of a folder faster. You can swipe to additional pages just as fast with reduce motion off, but for some reason it will snap you back to the first page with the end of the animation.
In all the other cases (I cannot speak for the 5s as i do not have one), while the apps etc. appear fully on the screen faster, you cannot interact with them any faster. As previous posters have said, the delay is still there. Try the example you listed regarding the settings app for yourself. While it appears almost instantaneously, you cannot interact with it any faster with reduce motion on than you can with it off. If you like the new fade animations and the fact that the app screens, springboard, etc. show up faster that is fine (I personally am torn between liking the zooming animations and liking the faster way the apps display) but do not delude yourself into thinking that on a whole your device interactions will be any faster with reduce motion on versus with reduce motion off.
The only one of these that is valid is the one about being able to swipe to the second page of a folder faster. You can swipe to additional pages just as fast with reduce motion off, but for some reason it will snap you back to the first page with the end of the animation.
In all the other cases (I cannot speak for the 5s as i do not have one), while the apps etc. appear fully on the screen faster, you cannot interact with them any faster. As previous posters have said, the delay is still there. Try the example you listed regarding the settings app for yourself. While it appears almost instantaneously, you cannot interact with it any faster with reduce motion on than you can with it off. If you like the new fade animations and the fact that the app screens, springboard, etc. show up faster that is fine (I personally am torn between liking the zooming animations and liking the faster way the apps display) but do not delude yourself into thinking that on a whole your device interactions will be any faster with reduce motion on versus with reduce motion off.
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Exactly...that video only convined me more that it ISN'T faster, but exactly the same. That tied with the other video showing that it still doesn't let you access the folders/swipe just shows that it is all in your imagination.
But who cares...if it makes you feel better, turn off the animations. I find them much more pleaseing than the fade in/out.
Not enabling the reduced motion causes the zooming effect. My wallpaper is of a guitar and it causes it to look distorted. I wish we could do something with the zooming effect.
Only problem with this video: The phone on the left shows an animation when entering an app, and once the animation is complete, you can use it/interact with it. With the phone on the right, when you tap on an app, it shows an image of the app right away, but there's still a delay before you can start using it. In a test I just did with reduce motion on and off, I tapped on safari and tried swiping right away. On both settings, I had to swipe three times before I could move up/down on the page. So it's just an illusion, just like the Accelerate jailbreak tweak is.
I feel like I'm talking to crazy people!
Both my first hand tests as well as the YouTube videos look to be the SAME speed!
Did Apple create one of those bloody optical illusions? Or, are the animation haters/pukers, trying to get their agenda across? (To return iOS to its original, yet sterile, old self)
Both my first hand tests as well as the YouTube videos look to be the SAME speed!
Did Apple create one of those bloody optical illusions? Or, are the animation haters/pukers, trying to get their agenda across? (To return iOS to its original, yet sterile, old self)
This is a step in the right direction, and I sure hope Apple is working on the animations for those who choose not to use the reduce motion option. I can still feel a slight delay especially when multitasking (using Reduce Motion ) to an app and wanting to scroll or something.. have to wait before anything can be registered as a touch. Still somewhat annoying.
yes, it's all a big conspiracy.
I like the animations, but the phone feels significantly faster with animations off.
2 specific areas where it's undeniably faster:
-unlocking the phone (i'm on 5s and using TouchID)
-opening a folder and swiping to different page (with animations on it will snap you back to the first page when it's done animating)
Also, although this might be more subjective, it does seem that apps begin refreshing faster than with animations off.
To me they seem just as fast/slow.
One has fade in/out the other is a zoom effect, both to me last the same time to be able to see everything. I think is more a mind trick than anything and since it's a fade in all around it makes it easier for people that have problems w/ motion, not so much for the speed.
EDIT: I find it funny since this reminds me of when fakeclockup was released in cydia and some people were so sure that it really made their phone faster…
One has fade in/out the other is a zoom effect, both to me last the same time to be able to see everything. I think is more a mind trick than anything and since it's a fade in all around it makes it easier for people that have problems w/ motion, not so much for the speed.
EDIT: I find it funny since this reminds me of when fakeclockup was released in cydia and some people were so sure that it really made their phone faster…
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The primary change was of course for the feel/view of it, and not the speed or anything like that, to actually reduce the motion itself, which is what's there. But, some things did improve, at the very least it's clear that opening a folder and going to a different page in that folder is different and faster with reduce motion off now. For the rest of it, even it might be a perception thing, as long as people like it, then it's certainly an improvement for them, even if in just perception (after all, the animations are all just perception eye-candy as they don't do anything functional/practical, so for those that don't care about them or are even affected by them in some way, it's definitely an improvement just on that level).
FakeClockup did make the phone faster.
I feel like people just aren't getting it for some reason. Lets say each animation takes 0.5 seconds to complete. If I install fakeclockup and reduce that time to .1 seconds, guess what? The phone is usable faster. The phone is faster.It may not be processing code any faster, but the time between uses is faster.
Still don't believe me? Get a phone with fakeclock up and set it to 0.1x speed. ill set mine to 10x speed. Now lets unlock, open messages, close messages, open settings, close settings. According to your theory, the phones should take the exact same amount of time right?
Guess what..the phone with 10x will be done before the first phone even completes the unlock animation. Time is time, and if something takes less time its FASTER.
Just like that example, the new animations are faster. If I tap on an app that needs updating, regardless of interaction delay, the app will begin updating instantly vs waiting for the animation like before.
I can interact with safari almost instantly, vs waiting for the animation, then waiting for the delay before interaction.
The. phone. is. faster.
The animations are shorter but the delay is still there.
I notice it most when I casually (not quickly) tap outside of a folder to exit it, and after a brief pause and all the icons are up on the home screen, try to swipe... and nothing happens.
I'm not doing this quickly, either. I can get 4-5 swipes in while I can see the icons before it responds if I try to do it quickly (although that would be pointless).
I notice it most when I casually (not quickly) tap outside of a folder to exit it, and after a brief pause and all the icons are up on the home screen, try to swipe... and nothing happens.
I'm not doing this quickly, either. I can get 4-5 swipes in while I can see the icons before it responds if I try to do it quickly (although that would be pointless).
New Animations are SO MUCH BETTER [in 7.0.3]
First, what does the animation have to do with when an app begins updating. Regardless of the animation style you choose it will begin updating when it first launches. Not when you can first see it completely on your screen. If you mean visually updated, the same applies. It uses the same screenshot to fade in that it does to zoom out. Also, what you said about instantly interacting with Safari is crap. As I and multiple other posters have said before, the interaction delay is still there. You can see it quicker but cannot interact with it any faster.
First, what does the animation have to do with when an app begins updating. Regardless of the animation style you choose it will begin updating when it first launches. Not when you can first see it completely on your screen. If you mean visually updated, the same applies. It uses the same screenshot to fade in that it does to zoom out. Also, what you said about instantly interacting with Safari is crap. As I and multiple other posters have said before, the interaction delay is still there. You can see it quicker but cannot interact with it any faster.
Even just seeing it quicker, even on its own, is already an improvement, especially for those who don't care for animations for one reason or another in general. That said, as pointed out before, there are some changes that are there, like being able to interact with a folder that appears quicker pretty much right away and go to another page in that folder, which doesn't work the same way when the animations are enabled.
LMAO this is why you don't understand, they don't make the phone faster, hell why do you think that tweak was called FAKEclockup So given the earlier provided example the actions of opening an app, closing an app, going to a different page, etc., when the settings are set to 10x vs. 0.1x would take the same amount of time, or would it take less time (and thus be faster) in one of the cases compared to the other?
New Animations are SO MUCH BETTER [in 7.0.3]
I won't argue with that. I agree. As I said earlier in the thread, I'm sort of torn between the two different animation styles.
Yes, and I addressed that in my previous posts. If you know where the icon is in a folder you can interact with it just as fast with either animation style. Since you can see the folder clearly sooner with reduce motion on it makes it easier but not faster. The ability to swipe to a second page in a folder quicker is definitely there though with reduce motion on. What I have issue with is people claiming that it makes other aspects of device interaction faster. It does not.
I won't argue with that. I agree. As I said earlier in the thread, I'm sort of torn between the two different animation styles.
Yes, and I addressed that in my previous posts. If you know where the icon is in a folder you can interact with it just as fast with either animation style. Since you can see the folder clearly sooner with reduce motion on it makes it easier but not faster. The ability to swipe to a second page in a folder quicker is definitely there though with reduce motion on. What I have issue with is people claiming that it makes other aspects of device interaction faster. It does not.
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