Hi,
So what am I missing? The most likely is that process overhead
overshadows the memory saved by only running the GUI portions when
needed. And the obvious complexity of the system. What else?
I think it might still make sense to make the long running process
as small memory-wise as
Hi,
I'm new to Maemo, and to developing for small/embedded devices in
general. I'm trying to wrap my head around the whole concept,
especially the 'killable' apps that Maemo enables. I'm trying to
figure how long-running but mostly ignored apps like IM clients fit
into the whole picture.
Hi,
you want to write a power savvy application, then.
Few basic advices, which are also useful from a performance point of
view (sorry if i'm stating the obvious but there's really no trick
involved):
-avoid polling: polling is generally bad, it's useful only for very
tight loops that usually are
Hi,
I'm new to Maemo, and to developing for small/embedded devices in general.
I'm trying to wrap my head around the whole concept, especially the
'killable' apps that Maemo enables. I'm trying to figure how long-running but
mostly ignored apps like IM clients fit into the whole picture.
