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>>jakela+(OP)
Apple could learn a thing or two from this. Too often I'm waiting for their silly animations to finish. Just a moment ago I swiped to scroll the view to the bottom, then immediately tapped the button when it came into view, but I had to tap it multiple times until the bouncing stopped.

That's just one example because it just happened, but this happens ALL the time. I know Apple can do better. My Android phone felt so much more responsive (the 120hz screen helped, I'm sure), simply because the animations were snappier.

Other examples that come to mind real quick:

- Swiping up to switch apps. That one is awfully slow. (Actually, most gesture-based activities are painfully slow!)

- Dismissing notifications (esp. on Mac)

- Opening the drawer thing

- Revealing the dock

- Sometimes I see animations stacked upon each other. One animation has to fully complete, then another one, THEN I can finally use my computer again.

It's ironic that I have to go to Accessibility settings and disable these things to make my device accessible.

>>mholt+Ho
Whenever my apple wallet connects to my phone, It plays a totally useless animation that feels like it takes forever, and covers the entire screen. In that time, you cant see or do anything on the phone. So annoying, and for no reason. Just give me a little haptic when it connects.

>>gcau+3s
This enrages me so fucking much.

When does my wallet slide slightly from the magnetic center and then back into place most often? When I’m getting it out of my pocket.

When am I trying to just use my goddamn phone the most? When I get it out of my pocket.

So, it ends up being that ~50% of the time I need to use my phone, I have to wait for that goddamn 3 second animation first.

If some engineer introduced a 3 second regression in the time for Face ID to unlock your phone 50% of the time, it would be noticed and fixed immediately. But call that 3 second regression a “surprise and delight animation” and suddenly Apple designers love it and force it on you.