For more protection against desktop crashes. Got this from
Turn off Animations & Eye Candy Special Effects in Mac OS X Lion:
defaults write NSGlobalDomain NSAutomaticWindowAnimationsEnabled -bool NO
defaults write com.apple.Mail DisableReplyAnimations -bool YES
defaults write com.apple.Mail DisableSendAnimations -bool YES
defaults write com.apple.dock expose-animation-duration -int 0; killall Dock
defaults write com.apple.dock springboard-show-duration -int 0
defaults write com.apple.dock springboard-hide-duration -int 0
Just about threw my USB display driver dongle out the window this afternoon watching an "exploding" new Safari window crash my desktop, but plugged the dongle back in after discovering the above info for disabling window animations. Hoping for the best.
Ian