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What I hate even more is when I press the Windows key and start typing an application's name into the Start menu textbox, and it misses the first two or three keypresses.

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As a comparison point, gnome 3 does the right thing and buffers the input until it can handle it. On an old machine I usually have the full name typed out and enter pressed before any animation actually starts being displayed.

How about they disable animation when windows are activated by keyboard? Or just disable it entirely ;-)

That's weird, I don't have that problem. What build of Win10 are you running? I wonder if it depends on the kind of keyboard you're using.

I think it somehow depends on whether the OS is installed on a spinning disk or an SSD. I know it's stupid but this is my theory based on observation. Would love for someone to verify it.

I'm sure a spinning disk would make it worse, but I do have an SSD (admittedly, a 2013 model and not the fastest). To answer the grandparent, build 15063 and I'm using the laptop keyboard.

I tried a few times and I can consistently make Windows miss at least the first keypress if I haven't opened the Start menu in a few minutes.

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