How to Disable or Turn Off Launchpad Fade Transition on Mac OS X Lion (Commands)

What are commands to disable Launchpad on Mac OS X Lion?

Launchpad is a feature which will make an attractive effect over the background when opening or closing. Many people like this feature but if you find it boring, you can opt to turn it off. There are commands and you can follow the commands below:

defaults write com.apple.dock springboard-show-duration -int 0
defaults write com.apple.dock springboard-hide-duration -int 0

Now kill the Dock:

killall Dock

If you have kill the Launchpad, you always can get it back with these commands:

defaults delete com.apple.dock springboard-show-duration

defaults delete com.apple.dock springboard-hide-duration

Now kill the dock again:

killall Dock