Animated labels and progress bars in Oxygen considered harmful?

[Aurélien Gâteau]

Hugo Pereira Da Costa a écrit :
> Hi Aurelien, others,
> 
> So after some discussion with Nuno (my favorite artist, to whom I
> usually turn in case of conflicts and doubts).
> 
> From the discussion it turns out that if you want a somewhat animated
> desktop, IMO (or rather IOO -our opinion), QStyle is actually the right
> place to implement it (rather than custom widgets, or extended widgets),
> because it ensures consistency across applications, while letting this
> to devs on an App by App basis would lead to a mess (that we have been
> seeing in old windows versions, and in some kde apps already.)

I see your point. I agree implementing all animations on an app by app
basis is not the right way to go. I don't like how this is done however.
Unfortunately I do not have a better idea for the time being.

Well, if you are looking for me, I will be in my widget workbench,
hammering a widget to fit my needs :/

Aurélien