[jxflyer]

Maybe this is common, butI just found something odd and was wondering why...

If a window is minimized (or un-minimized) with the open apple and shift key held, it minimizes in slow motion.

Is there any particular reason, or does it just look kinda cool?

[soul searching]

Originally posted by jxflyer:
Maybe this is common, butI just found something odd and was wondering why...

If a window is minimized (or un-minimized) with the open apple and shift key held, it minimizes in slow motion.

Is there any particular reason, or does it just look kinda cool?

It's meant to be a "cool" effect. Oh, and you don't need the "apple" key, just the "shift" key.

[MaxPower2k3]

you just have to hold shift, not command. not sure if there's any real reason for it, but it does look cool

[moonmonkey]

Originally posted by jxflyer:
Maybe this is common, butI just found something odd and was wondering why...

If a window is minimized (or un-minimized) with the open apple and shift key held, it minimizes in slow motion.

Is there any particular reason, or does it just look kinda cool?

Also try changing preference panes with shift held down in Panther.

Very cool.

[Vader’s Pinch of Death]

This has been around since the DP builds.

[ryaxnb]

Also try Shift+Cmd+O a desktop item. And Shift+Little red X button on a window opened from the desktop. And Shift+Cilck minimized window unminimzies it slowly.

[Adam Betts]

There's a reason for slow-motion minimize...

It inspires you to be a filmmaker then you buy Final Cut Pro, DVD Studio Pro and they profit from you.



There's some reasons why slow-motion minimize could be useful but the main reason Apple added this is that they can show how powerful and flexible Quartz engine is.

[melman101]

shift also works with expose.

[:XI:]

It even works with dual displays. (or more, if you've got them.) That's really cool.

[mac15]

it was put into 10.1 and steve showed it off just to show how smooth the finder was back then.