Once in Mission Control, I like to able to preview the contents of each the Desktops in the larger preview section instead of only relying on the thumbnail view. You can accomplish this by entering Mission control and then hittingCTRL+Shift+left/right arrow.
However, the animation for switching between desktops in the main preview screen is so slow that it because unbearably useless for as fast as I like to work. Is there a way to actually speed that animation up?