Open sub-items transitions in Workflowy (non-beta) is janky
AnsweredI've been using WF Beta for a while, but just switched back because of this bug.
Anyway, I'm noticing that it's now janky when I:
- open a bullet with sub items:
There seems to be some attempt at a fade transition but it doesn't work well.
On my machine (Chrome 70, 2015 MBP 13") I get about 2 frames of animation so it doesn't look smooth or instant.
That being the case I would go for instant over half-smooth every time.
- click to go into a bullet:
I can't remember what used to happen (was it some kind of scale?) but now there is a noticeable delay before the new child tree is displayed.
If you look closely you can see the previous tree moving to the right and fading out, then there's a delay, then the new tree "pops" in.
It feels half-finished. Again, do this instantly, or it really needs to be got right, as it was before.
WF used to be perfect. At the moment it feels like it has real teething issues.
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Hi Lee.
Thanks for the message.
The jankiness I described is gone now, but a few things are noticeable which to my mind are inferior to the original transition:
- When you zoom into bullets, rather than a smooth transition between trees, the first tree fades out, then the new tree – after a moment – just pops in. I don't know if it is being loaded, or if the animation isn't working as expected.
- The menu hover on bullets seems to happen a lot more quickly now, which seems to impact the transition of any tree navigation.
You can try this for yourself, with varying results depending on when you click the bullet and when if the menu has shown / is showing (animating). Both the menu transition and tree transition can be affected; sometimes with jank, sometimes with odd menu showing / hiding effects.
FWIW, I don't like the hover mechanic to show the menu. It gets in the way with the vast majority of normal navigation. What's wrong with right-click or long-press? I don't think a delayed hover is the right interaction here.
So... still not as good as the original, sadly.
I assume more work will be put in at some point?
- When you zoom into bullets, rather than a smooth transition between trees, the first tree fades out, then the new tree – after a moment – just pops in. I don't know if it is being loaded, or if the animation isn't working as expected.
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