Here are some debugging results from dash redraw request while animating. Shows the animation progress of the Easing curve. As you can see, there are a lot more animation intervals when the dash is windowed as opposed to maximised.
Maximized Dash: Animation update FadeOutCallBack: 1.00 Animation update FadeOutCallBack: 0.90 Animation update FadeOutCallBack: 0.85 Animation update FadeOutCallBack: 0.00 Windowed Dash: Animation update FadeOutCallBack: 1.00 Animation update FadeOutCallBack: 1.00 Animation update FadeOutCallBack: 1.00 Animation update FadeOutCallBack: 1.00 Animation update FadeOutCallBack: 0.99 Animation update FadeOutCallBack: 0.99 Animation update FadeOutCallBack: 0.98 Animation update FadeOutCallBack: 0.97 Animation update FadeOutCallBack: 0.96 Animation update FadeOutCallBack: 0.93 Animation update FadeOutCallBack: 0.90 Animation update FadeOutCallBack: 0.76 Animation update FadeOutCallBack: 0.60 Animation update FadeOutCallBack: 0.38 Animation update FadeOutCallBack: 0.00 -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of compiz packagers, which is subscribed to compiz in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1055126 Title: dash preview animation is slow on high resolution screens (also fullscreen mode) To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/unity/+bug/1055126/+subscriptions _______________________________________________ Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~compiz Post to : compiz@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~compiz More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp