The other 20% the fadeout disappears after about 1 second, exposing the underlying (ugly) windows and spoiling the entire experience.

I use the values from the example in the script library and there is no pattern as to when or between which applications it happens.

bug or feature?

txs in advance

It's a feature of Mac OS X Quartz Display Services, though. The 
display fading automatically will be terminated if it is not 
programatically terminated within 15 seconds:

http://developer.apple.com/documentation/GraphicsImaging/Reference/Quartz_Services_Ref/Reference/reference.html#/ 
/apple_ref/c/func/CGReleaseDisplayFadeReservation

Quote:

Best regards, 
Felix Schwarz 

thanks a lot for your quick answer!

while I do understand from it that the fading performance is not in your hands, do you have an idea why the fading ends after one second? Eventhough the fading engine is reserved for 5 seconds or more and previous fadings have been cleared properly as in your example. If it ends too early, it always does so about 1 second after start.

looks like a litle apple problem, doesn´t it?

many thanks in advance

hans

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