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Windows => Third Party Plug-ins, Programs, and Skins => Topic started by: chrisjj on August 05, 2009, 10:33:33 am

Title: Turning off UI animations
Post by: chrisjj on August 05, 2009, 10:33:33 am: I want to turn off UI animations e.g. on button mouse over, and other display effects such as the gradient fills. It has been suggested changing skin might do this.

Can anyone suggest a skin that would do this? Thanks.
Title: Re: Turning off UI animations
Post by: JimH on August 05, 2009, 10:58:51 am: Please read a few threads. This topic came up in the last month. I'm not sure where it is but try searching.
Title: Re: Turning off UI animations
Post by: chrisjj on August 05, 2009, 11:14:38 am: > Please read a few threads.

I have done.

> This topic came up in the last month.

I found plenty about faulty/jerky animations, but none about disabling them.

> I'm not sure where it is but try searching.

"animations" finds two pages but no answer.

This is on XP, BTW.
Title: Re: Turning off UI animations
Post by: JimH on August 05, 2009, 11:27:40 am: What is the problem you see?
Title: Re: Turning off UI animations
Post by: chrisjj on August 05, 2009, 01:52:18 pm: As I said,

> I want to turn off UI animations e.g. on button mouse over, and other display effects such as the gradient fills.

and can find no way to do this.
Title: Re: Turning off UI animations
Post by: JimH on August 05, 2009, 02:32:43 pm: You can turn off "tooltips" in MC's Options. Options has a search window at the top.
Title: Re: Turning off UI animations
Post by: Mr ChriZ on August 06, 2009, 03:20:36 am: Quote from: chrisjj on August 05, 2009, 01:52:18 pm
As I said,

> I want to turn off UI animations e.g. on button mouse over, and other display effects such as the gradient fills.

and can find no way to do this.

The animations are just MC fading from one skin item to another, there's no way to turn it off. Windows Media Player does the same thing. I don't know why you'd want to turn it off.
Title: Re: Turning off UI animations
Post by: robydago on August 06, 2009, 04:27:26 am: I don't know why chrisjj is complaining about animations, but I'd like too an option to turn them off.
Some of them are, imho, not very good-looking, some of them are annoying.
Title: Re: Turning off UI animations
Post by: chrisjj on August 06, 2009, 04:53:12 am: > there's no way to turn it off.

OK - thanks.
Title: Re: Turning off UI animations
Post by: JimH on August 06, 2009, 06:19:05 am: Quote from: robydago on August 06, 2009, 04:27:26 am
I don't know why chrisjj is complaining about animations, but I'd like too an option to turn them off.
Some of them are, imho, not very good-looking, some of them are annoying.
Please be specific. It isn't practical to make the entire program configurable.
Title: Re: Turning off UI animations
Post by: chrisjj on August 06, 2009, 09:12:11 am: > I don't know why chrisjj is complaining about animations

Just to clarify - I didn't complain about the animations. I am sure they are fine for people who like them - just not for those that don't.

> It isn't practical to make the entire program configurable.

I don't see anyone asking for that. But since the point of skinnability is surely to make the UI appearence configurable, it would be nice if that extended to the animations.
Title: Re: Turning off UI animations
Post by: robydago on August 06, 2009, 09:28:30 am: Quote from: JimH on August 06, 2009, 06:19:05 am
Please be specific. It isn't practical to make the entire program configurable.

Gotta run now, because I'm leaving right now for a 4 week vacation. I will, when I'm back in September.
Title: Re: Turning off UI animations
Post by: JimH on August 06, 2009, 09:46:54 am: I've asked for specifics several times and I'm not seeing any. I'll lock this thread now.

If you have specific suggestions in the future, please start a new thread.