Open Bug 629805 Opened 13 years ago Updated 2 years ago

Hyperlinks previews should not be animated

Categories

(Firefox :: General, enhancement)

Product:
Firefox
Component:
General
Type:
enhancement

Tracking

()

Status:
UNCONFIRMED

People

(Reporter: hi, Unassigned)

Details

(Whiteboard: [fx4-fixed-bugday]) 

User-Agent:       Mozilla/5.0 (Macintosh; Intel Mac OS X 10.6; rv:2.0b10) Gecko/20100101 Firefox/4.0b10
Build Identifier: Mozilla/5.0 (Macintosh; Intel Mac OS X 10.6; rv:2.0b10) Gecko/20100101 Firefox/4.0b10

The “fadein/fadeout” effect to display the preview url on hovering links can be really annoying.

On previous Firefox versions, I used to look directly on the status bar, while my cursor moves hover on multiple links. This way, I could see immediately where they points to.

Now I can’t do this, because if I move too quickly, the link is not displayed at all. Even in simple situations (just checking the URL of a link), I need to check twice to be sure that my cursor is on the right link, and the adress bar is not displaying a previously hovered link.

I know Mozilla worked a lot on the “perceived speed”. This could be an simple optimisation in that direction.

Reproducible: Always

Actual Results:  
The animation is too long, and takes too long to start.

Expected Results:  
Start immediatly, and accelerate, or completely remove the animation. Speed!
Severity: normal → enhancement
I believe this is not an issue due to bug 628654.  Please reopen if this is incorrect.
Status: UNCONFIRMED → RESOLVED
Closed: 13 years ago
Resolution: --- → INVALID
Whiteboard: [fx4-fixed-bugday]
In beta 11, the link preview has moved, but the annoying animation is still here.
Status: RESOLVED → UNCONFIRMED
Resolution: INVALID → ---
not sure where overlink panel is currently tracked, but this is not anymore a location bar bug
Component: Location Bar → General
QA Contact: location.bar → general
Severity: normal → S3
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