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== Summary ==
 
== Summary ==
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Smoother Animations.
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Animate each frame as Gtk+ needs a new frame drawn instead of at whatever frame rate we want.
 
Animate each frame as Gtk+ needs a new frame drawn instead of at whatever frame rate we want.
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== Current status ==
 
== Current status ==
 
* Targeted release: 0.108
 
* Targeted release: 0.108
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* Last updated: 4 July 2015
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* Last updated: 5 October 2015
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* Percentage of completion: 50%
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* Percentage of completion: 75%
    
== Detailed Description ==
 
== Detailed Description ==
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* Toolkit implementation (100%):  https://github.com/sugarlabs/sugar-toolkit-gtk3/pull/213
 
* Toolkit implementation (100%):  https://github.com/sugarlabs/sugar-toolkit-gtk3/pull/213
 
* Frame and Home view (100%):  https://github.com/sugarlabs/sugar/pull/505  Frame and homeview are a good spot for tick based animation as we are not cpu bound to open the frame or change views - the animation can take up 100% cpu and all will be fine
 
* Frame and Home view (100%):  https://github.com/sugarlabs/sugar/pull/505  Frame and homeview are a good spot for tick based animation as we are not cpu bound to open the frame or change views - the animation can take up 100% cpu and all will be fine
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* Pulsing icon (20%):  https://github.com/sugarlabs/sugar/pull/513  Opening an activity is a cpu bound task, so this is probably the wrong space for animations that steal all of the cpu.
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* Pulsing icon (NO-GO):  https://github.com/sugarlabs/sugar/pull/513  Opening an activity is a cpu bound task, so this is probably the wrong space for animations that steal all of the cpu.  This patch TRIPLES activity start times on the XO4.
    
== Benefit to Sugar ==
 
== Benefit to Sugar ==
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== Scope ==
 
== Scope ==
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Doesn't break anything.
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Animation consumers need to add the "widget=x" when creating an animator so they can have the tick callback attached.
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Animation consumers need to add the "widget=x" when creating an animator so they can have the tick callback attached.
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Consumers who don't are not effected.
    
==UI Design==
 
==UI Design==
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Some animations (aka. plusing icon) look completely different when they are actually smooth.
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None
    
== How To Test ==
 
== How To Test ==
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1. Apply the patches <https://github.com/sugarlabs/sugar-toolkit-gtk3/pull/213> and <https://github.com/sugarlabs/sugar/pull/505>
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https://github.com/sugarlabs/sugar-toolkit-gtk3/pull/258#issuecomment-145695297
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2. Open the frame and notice the smoothness
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3. Press F6 over and over again to enjoy all the frames in the animation
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4. Change between home views (F1-F3) to enjoy the smoothness of the animating size of the xo-person
      
== User Experience ==
 
== User Experience ==
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== Documentation ==
 
== Documentation ==
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add the widget=x
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Included in the toolkit patch
    
== Release Notes ==
 
== Release Notes ==
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== Comments and Discussion ==
 
== Comments and Discussion ==
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All the pull requests
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https://github.com/sugarlabs/sugar-toolkit-gtk3/pull/258
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https://github.com/sugarlabs/sugar/pull/572
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