i think six bounces is speedy enough, and well, i like the bouncing....and sparkling lights, and shiny objects ;-) On Thursday, July 31, 2003, at 12:07 PM, Kunga wrote: > If you turn off the bouncing, apps will launch faster. It's an option > in the Dock Preference Pane: > > Uncheck "Animate opening applications". > > That bouncing animation eats significant processor cycles. > > kunga10 (AIM) > kunga47 (Yahoo Messenger with Cross-Platform dial-up Video sans audio > on Macs) > > On Wednesday, July 30, 2003, at 10:00 PM, a l a n t h o m p s o n > wrote: > >> takes my cube 6+ bounces to fully open word to the point where you >> can use it - the plus is the time after the last bounce, but is still >> less than a bounce interval until the window comes up. >