The path that ships take is (understandably) zig-zag over certain portions of starlanes. Sometimes I like to take a turn and watch things unfold while zoomed out to a partial galaxy level, but these stupid zig-zags really slow it down.
I would suggest, for ships on a starlane, please don't animate them. Just place them at the endpoint. Especially since, upon entering a sector, they finish movement, this would not be an issue with "losing information".
