[Sugar-devel] [PATCH] Do startup animation of the activity icon using scaling and alpha - v2

[Simon Schampijer]

On 03/31/2011 02:20 PM, Sascha Silbe wrote:
> Excerpts from Gonzalo Odiard's message of Mon Mar 28 05:35:22 +0200 2011:
>
>> Thanks for review this patch. I can't wait for faster startup in activities
>> :)
>> I attach a new patch and reply your comments here
>
> I accidentally pulled in the OLPC Sugar 0.92 packages into my Dextrose
> test images and they seem to already include your patch. The animation
> is faster, but looks quite different: With the old behaviour, the icon
> is always visible and just cross-fades the two colours. With your patch
> however, the entire icon (i.e. both colours) is faded and (almost)
> disappears from screen, making it harder to recognise (especially in
> non-optimal lighting conditions). This is a significant UI change. And
> it doesn't affect just the launcher animation as your patch description
> suggests, but all pulsing icons - e.g. the wireless device icons in the
> Neighbourhood and the Frame.

I have tested Gonzalo's patches and I do not see that us much of an 
issue. I did as well test the launcher in b/w but does look fine as well.

Regards,
    Simon