> On 12-08-2016, at 1:49 PM, Chris Muller <asqueaker at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
>>> And if I manually try `PreferenceWizardMorph new openInWorld` I see the entire thing, and on choosing ‘configure it looks as if the default window size is too small to fit the config options in. I needed to make it quite a bit bigger to lay out correctly.
>> 
>> And why the multiple 1 second delays? It makes it appear as if Squeak is really slow, which probably wasn’t the intention.
> 
> I was just thinking how innovative the little pauses were.  A UI tool
> to delineate and direct the users eyes to the sequence of elements to
> look at.
> 
> The delays feel intentional, as if it was designed for a refined human
> consumption experience.  It feels relaxed, not a strained feel as if Squeak were
> struggling to keep up because it were slow.

If we were fading in/out smoothly - which usually requires some exponential rate of change with acceleration and decceleration -  I’d likely agree. And of course, I’m testing this out on a box that is maybe 10% of your machine’s performance. 

tim
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