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by hedgehog19 hours ago |
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upvoteby nerdsniper17 hours ago|
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EDIT: OH MY GOD THAT IS A HUGE CHANGE!! On MacOS: Settings -> Accessibility -> Display -> Reduce Motion. I had no idea that was on. I like motion, I wouldn't have set this myself!

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How does that make anything about this "physics-based"? I'm not being snarky, I'm genuinely trying to figure out what part of this is completely going over my head. I don't see any "soft-body physics" interactions, but maybe I don't understand what to look for.

I don't see any deformation or elastic collision physics, and those are usually the most obvious things that I associate with "soft bodies" in engineering/physics.

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upvoteby dpark12 hours ago|
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> I like motion, I wouldn't have set this myself!

You sure about that? “Turn on Reduce Motion” was a common bit of advice for people who were looking for ways to make Liquid Glass livable.

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upvoteby ddejohn17 hours ago|
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I am similarly very confused. Tried in multiple browsers, including a stock chrome install where I haven't messed with any animation settings.
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upvoteby bogwog17 hours ago|
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I see two options:

1. The AI they used called it "physics-based" as a hallucination (probably due to the popular "JellyCar" game), and they went with it because they don't know better.

2. They don't know better, so they asked the AI for a "physics based" system, and the AI was too sycophantic to correct them.

Either way, it's slop.

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upvoteby _def19 hours ago|
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Oh, thanks for the hint. I actually don't like this - similarly to dark mode setting detection. But I guess thats more a criticism on the OS preferences not being granular enough.
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upvoteby TylerE14 hours ago|
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It's not something for you to not like. Many of us that have visual deficiencies and have that setting turned on for a reason.
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upvoteby hobofan5 hours ago|
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I think there is still a point to be made that alternative more granular settings may help in less people turning it on.

e.g. I have "reduced motion" turned on because the workspace switching animation (and some of the other animations) on macOS is unbearably slow, and that flag is the only way to get rid of it.

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upvoteby dgellow18 hours ago|
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Oh thanks, I was also pretty confused
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upvoteby hyperhello18 hours ago|
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I think you can respectfully disobey that for a demo.
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upvoteby w-ll14 hours ago|
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Or at the very least mention to the user that their host is set to not show animations. i too was confused
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upvoteby herpdyderp16 hours ago|
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Wow I actually like it just fine with motion reduced, but it's unbearable with full motion.
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