Observed behaviour
When Reduce Motion is enabled, several menu items, when clicked, seem to not do anything until further notice until said menu pops in, instead of immediately transitioning to that menu. Disabling Reduce Motions instead shows an animation in the time in which the client appears frozen (or at least this is what I feel like is happening). This (with Reduce Motion enabled), to me, feels unresponsive.
Tested on 2 Arch Linux devices - native package, flatpak and AppImage.
Reproduction steps
With Reduce Motion off, click the Gear Icon to get to the Settings Menu (or hit Ctrl+,).
Observe the animation.
Now turn Reduce Motion on. Again, go to the Settings.
Observe the animation.
Compare the differences in perceived responsiveness.
Build information
Canary Desktop 2026.1009.45608, Web 2026.1009.142425, Linux 7.2.8-zen1-2-zen (x64), Electron 44.4.1, Chrome 152.0.7977.78, Node 24.21.0, Locale en-US
Platform
Linux