visionmedia/mocha — pull request #642 by pyrotechnick (2012-11-05 09:53:16+00:00)
Title: --no-animations for --watch

This is more of a heads-up / proposal rather than a legit patch I expect you to land.

Basically, whilst rather aesthetically pleasing, the cyclic animation on `--watch` constantly burns ~10% CPU on this reasonably powerful notebook (sporting a 2.66 GHz i7).

![:(](http://i.imgur.com/G5z96.png)

Personally, I'd prefer the extended battery life. Especially when I'm out and about without mains power.

I did not investigate making the animation itself more efficient. I have simply provided myself the option to disable it.

Ideally this would use some kind of battery/power API to engage/disengage itself but I have a feeling you'd find that overkill.

I don't mind changing the patch if you indeed want to land this in some alternate way, shape or form.