I suspect there are fixes that could be made to the zoom animation to make it more visible than it is at present.
Though, I do agree with slower animations. In upstream compiz, we use slower animations that are easy to see, and more visually pleasing. It's mainly only downstream in ubuntu where some animations have been made too fast to see.
I disagree completely with varying the animation speed over time. That kind of inconsistency will really annoy people.
I suspect there are fixes that could be made to the zoom animation to make it more visible than it is at present.
Though, I do agree with slower animations. In upstream compiz, we use slower animations that are easy to see, and more visually pleasing. It's mainly only downstream in ubuntu where some animations have been made too fast to see.
I disagree completely with varying the animation speed over time. That kind of inconsistency will really annoy people.