#8000 NORM 8.2.0 (: Pulsing icon on activity launch significantly slows activity start-up

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#8000: Pulsing icon on activity launch significantly slows activity start-up
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   Reporter:  riccardo     |       Owner:  marco               
       Type:  enhancement  |      Status:  new                 
   Priority:  normal       |   Milestone:  8.2.0 (was Update.2)
  Component:  sugar        |     Version:  not specified       
 Resolution:               |    Keywords:  performance, UI     
Next_action:  diagnose     |    Verified:  0                   
  Blockedby:               |    Blocking:                      
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Comment(by Eben):

 Replying to [comment:5 AlbertCahalan]:
 > This is really unfair to fast-starting activities like Tux Paint. Tux
 Paint has been noticably affected.

 This isn't true.  The pulsing is not new in this iteration of the UI; it's
 simply been moved from a pulsing icon in the Ring to a pulsing icon in the
 center of the screen.  I have no doubt that the perf problems we're seeing
 can be overcome to minimize or eliminate this issue in a future release.

 > Since the general start-up slowness comes from the activity framework,
 the pulsing should go in there. Activities which do not use the activity
 framework would then be unharmed.

 I disagree.  The launcher is a fundamental part of the core UI; it's in no
 way activity dependent.  It's actually quite preferable to have all
 activities behave the same way on launch, regardless of how they work
 internally. Consistency is important.

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