Slide taskbar buttons. When you close a window, its button disappears
from the taskbar, and the adjacent buttons on the right slide to the left
to close the gap. Since this animation doesn??™t cause any delays, you??™re
unlikely to achieve any performance gains by disabling it. However, I
find the taskbar animation rather annoying, and personally prefer to
have this one turned off.
Smooth edges of screen fonts. Using a process called anti-aliasing, Windows
fills in the jagged edges of larger text on the screen with gray pixels,
making the edges appear smooth. Turn off this option to slightly
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improve the speed at which larger fonts are drawn on the screen,
although the speed difference shouldn??™t be noticeable on faster PCs.
If you??™re using a flat-panel display (laptop or otherwise), you
may find text slightly more difficult to read if font smoothing
is turned on. But before you simply turn it off, try the
alternate anti-aliasing method. In Control Panel, open the
Personalization page, click Window Color and Appearance,
and then click Open classic appearance properties for more
color options. Click Effects and then choose between the
Standard and Clear Type smoothing methods; experiment
with this setting to see which one looks best on your display.
Smooth-scroll list boxes. Despite the fact that they don??™t open or close,
ordinary listboxes are animated, too. If you??™ve ever noticed a listbox
that scrolls slowly, this option is the reason; turn it off to make listboxes
scroll faster.
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