detecting computer speed is probably not a very good option because there are x factors that could contribute and also storing it in a cookie is no good because cookies get deleted all the time...at least by me :)
the most sensible thing to do imho is make 0 make the effect instant, as proposed. and also btw animate() immediately (0ms) would still look like crap on a slow computer and or IE 6... =P as of last week i decided i'm abandoning all support for IE6 and redirecting them to this: www.alexweber.info/bsod.gif :) On Oct 8, 6:33 am, weepy <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Currently 0 won't provide instant effects as 0 is interpreted as null. > > There was a proposed feature to allow 0 to to apply the result of the > effect instantly. > > On 8 Oct, 09:39, Florin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > I don't think jQuery should detect if the machine is slow (quite > > impossible, if you ask me :) ) . > > Rather, provide an option for developers to enable or disable > > animations and they can then offer this option to the users. > > > I will try with 0 and see if that works ;). > > > On Oct 7, 8:07 pm, "John Resig" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > How would you detect if someone is on a slower machine? (Just curious) > > > > But yes, it was discussed recently that passing in an animation speed > > > of 0 might have that effect. Another good side effect is that > > > animations can be disabled for accessibility reasons (e.g. people who > > > have extreme motion sickness). > > > > --John > > > > On Tue, Oct 7, 2008 at 11:00 AM, Florin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > Hi, > > > > > Animations and special effects (like fadeIn/fadeOut) are very nice, > > > > but on slower computers they don't look so good and are a serious > > > > performance issue. > > > > > Would you consider an option to disable the animations? > > > > > For instance, any call to animate() would just set the corresponding > > > > final CSS and call the callback, without animating through the > > > > intermediate steps ? > > > > > Any workarounds which don't require changing the code a lot ? --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "jQuery Development" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/jquery-dev?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
