> nitpick: with 8+ apps open, when you flick spread to the the left, so you see
> top-most screenshot, the framerate drops a bit. Optimisation can be left for
> later naturally
The thing is, if you open 8+ apps, the overall framerate drops. Just opening 8+ apps without even using the spread (or even in trunk) makes all animations (Launcher, Dash etc) become sluggish. AlbertA and Anpok have improved this a lot already (used to happen with 4+ apps a month ago) and I believe there's still some improvements upcoming (e.g. opaque surfaces).
While there might well be room for improvements in the Spread, I think this particular issue is rather Mir related.
> nitpick: with 8+ apps open, when you flick spread to the the left, so you see
> top-most screenshot, the framerate drops a bit. Optimisation can be left for
> later naturally
The thing is, if you open 8+ apps, the overall framerate drops. Just opening 8+ apps without even using the spread (or even in trunk) makes all animations (Launcher, Dash etc) become sluggish. AlbertA and Anpok have improved this a lot already (used to happen with 4+ apps a month ago) and I believe there's still some improvements upcoming (e.g. opaque surfaces).
While there might well be room for improvements in the Spread, I think this particular issue is rather Mir related.