[vertex-four]

It’s honestly pretty bad on their slower and/or older models - they’re pretty clearly developing for what their devs have, which is their higher-spec machines. If you go into an Apple Store some time and play with their higher-spec machines it’s pretty good.

[29athrowaway]

True. But what happens when you run XFCE in one of those higher spec machines? the advantage remains.

[renewiltord]

Perhaps this is a UI preference difference. I like the animated views on OS X and the speed seems acceptable but there are definitely browser apps (like the Chase website) where things animate in slowly and I get frustrated. So perhaps we're just differently placed on the curve.

[vertex-four]

Does it? There's a limit to how "snappy" XFCE gets.

I think this is the "animations vs no animations" argument, maybe - I like them as they give context to my actions, but I imagine some people don't.

[29athrowaway]

For nice widget animations you can install a GTK engine/theme. There is a deluge of GTK themes you can choose from if that is your thing.

There are many themes inspired on macOS if you are aiming for that kind of look.

http://reddit.com/r/unixporn has a lot of that stuff. You can just go and grab someone else's configuration and apply it to your system.

If you are aiming for window effects with no regards for performance, try Compiz. You can add as many window effects as you want.

[vertex-four]

Sure, but when you add those animations to your setup, do you perceive it as being slower?