refactor: perf improvement stopping singletons with ref

Also switch to scale+opacity anims with custom curve

Services/AppSearchService.qml

@@ -116,6 +116,25 @@ Singleton {
         return Array.from(mappedCategories)
     }
     
+    // Category icon mappings
+    property var categoryIcons: ({
+        "All": "apps",
+        "Recents": "history",
+        "Media": "music_video",
+        "Development": "code",
+        "Games": "sports_esports",
+        "Graphics": "photo_library", 
+        "Internet": "web",
+        "Office": "content_paste",
+        "Settings": "settings",
+        "System": "host",
+        "Utilities": "build"
+    })
+    
+    function getCategoryIcon(category) {
+        return categoryIcons[category] || "folder"
+    }
+    
     function getAllCategories() {
         var categories = new Set(["All"])
         

Services/ProcessMonitorService.qml

@@ -6,14 +6,13 @@ import Quickshell
 import Quickshell.Io
 
 Singleton {
-    // console.log("ProcessMonitorService: Updated - CPU:", root.totalCpuUsage.toFixed(1) + "%", "Memory:", memoryPercent.toFixed(1) + "%", "History length:", root.cpuHistory.length)
-
     id: root
 
+    property int refCount
+    
     property var processes: []
     property bool isUpdating: false
     property int processUpdateInterval: 3000
-    property bool monitoringEnabled: false
     property int totalMemoryKB: 0
     property int usedMemoryKB: 0
     property int totalSwapKB: 0
@@ -43,47 +42,8 @@ Singleton {
     property bool sortDescending: true
     property int maxProcesses: 20
 
-    function updateSystemInfo() {
-        if (!systemInfoProcess.running && root.monitoringEnabled)
-            systemInfoProcess.running = true;
-
-    }
-
-    function enableMonitoring(enabled) {
-        console.log("ProcessMonitorService: Monitoring", enabled ? "enabled" : "disabled");
-        root.monitoringEnabled = enabled;
-        if (enabled) {
-            root.cpuHistory = [];
-            root.memoryHistory = [];
-            root.networkHistory = ({
-                "rx": [],
-                "tx": []
-            });
-            root.diskHistory = ({
-                "read": [],
-                "write": []
-            });
-            updateSystemInfo();
-            updateProcessList();
-            updateNetworkStats();
-            updateDiskStats();
-        }
-    }
-
-    function updateNetworkStats() {
-        if (!networkStatsProcess.running && root.monitoringEnabled)
-            networkStatsProcess.running = true;
-
-    }
-
-    function updateDiskStats() {
-        if (!diskStatsProcess.running && root.monitoringEnabled)
-            diskStatsProcess.running = true;
-
-    }
-
     function updateProcessList() {
-        if (!root.isUpdating && root.monitoringEnabled) {
+        if (!root.isUpdating) {
             root.isUpdating = true;
             let sortOption = "";
             switch (root.sortBy) {
@@ -315,10 +275,17 @@ Singleton {
 
     }
 
-    Component.onCompleted: {
-        console.log("ProcessMonitorService: Starting initialization...");
-        updateProcessList();
-        console.log("ProcessMonitorService: Initialization complete");
+    Timer {
+        running: root.refCount > 0
+        interval: root.processUpdateInterval
+        repeat: true
+        triggeredOnStart: true
+        onTriggered: {
+            systemInfoProcess.running = true;
+            updateProcessList();
+            networkStatsProcess.running = true;
+            diskStatsProcess.running = true;
+        }
     }
 
     Process {
@@ -441,20 +408,4 @@ Singleton {
         }
     }
 
-    Timer {
-        id: processTimer
-
-        interval: root.processUpdateInterval
-        running: root.monitoringEnabled
-        repeat: true
-        onTriggered: {
-            if (root.monitoringEnabled) {
-                updateSystemInfo();
-                updateProcessList();
-                updateNetworkStats();
-                updateDiskStats();
-            }
-        }
-    }
-
 }

Services/WeatherService.qml

@@ -9,6 +9,8 @@ import qs.Common
 Singleton {
     id: root
     
+    property int refCount: 0
+    
     property var weather: ({
         available: false,
         loading: true,
@@ -95,7 +97,27 @@ Singleton {
         return url
     }
     
+    function addRef() {
+        refCount++;
+        console.log("WeatherService: addRef, refCount now:", refCount);
+        if (refCount === 1 && !weather.available) {
+            // Start fetching when first consumer appears
+            fetchWeather();
+        }
+    }
+    
+    function removeRef() {
+        refCount = Math.max(0, refCount - 1);
+        console.log("WeatherService: removeRef, refCount now:", refCount);
+    }
+    
     function fetchWeather() {
+        // Only fetch if someone is consuming the data
+        if (root.refCount === 0) {
+            console.log("WeatherService: Skipping fetch - no consumers");
+            return;
+        }
+        
         if (weatherFetcher.running) {
             console.log("Weather fetch already in progress, skipping")
             return
@@ -217,7 +239,7 @@ Singleton {
     Timer {
         id: updateTimer
         interval: root.updateInterval
-        running: true
+        running: root.refCount > 0
         repeat: true
         triggeredOnStart: true
         onTriggered: {