On Sep 25, 2014, at 11:53 AM, Kyle Sluder <k...@ksluder.com> wrote: > But in general, I think Shift-to-slowly-animate is a misfeature.
I think of it as an Easter Egg. It is not meant to serve a useful purpose and therefore is not a feature at all. It is nothing more than a trivial and fun effect. Notice that Apple still implements Shift-key slow motion for the Minimize button in all applications' windows in Mavericks. And in Yosemite; I just tried it. So at least Apple isn't concerned about problems -- for whatever that might be worth. By the way, this is the slow motion animation that Steve Jobs presented so many years ago, to the delight of thousands. Can you suggest a real scenario where it might be a problem? I think first of Services; for example, Shift-Cmd-Y to create a new sticky note. You are very unlikely to use that key combination to create a sticky note and simultaneously, while the Shift key is still down, click the mouse on the control in one of my applications that implements the slow-motion-on-shift animation. I don't think I've done this, but one way to reduce the chance of problems would be to specify that ONLY the Shift key be down to trigger the slow motion effect. If any other modifier keys are down at the same time, it won't happen. I forget whether a Shift-key-only modifier is possible for menu items. Even if it is, I don't believe I've ever specified one in my applications, so the risk of interference would be minimal. Apple's Minimize button slow-motion effect works even if you hold down other modifier keys along with the Shift key. I just tried it with Shift-Cmd-Y (it requires some contortion if you only have two hands). Sure enough, you're right, it causes the window to minimize to the Dock in slow motion and only then does the new sticky note appear. But how often is anybody going to do that? -- Bill Cheeseman - b...@cheeseman.name _______________________________________________ Cocoa-dev mailing list (Cocoa-dev@lists.apple.com) Please do not post admin requests or moderator comments to the list. Contact the moderators at cocoa-dev-admins(at)lists.apple.com Help/Unsubscribe/Update your Subscription: https://lists.apple.com/mailman/options/cocoa-dev/archive%40mail-archive.com This email sent to arch...@mail-archive.com
