On 11/24/06 4:05 AM, "Richard Franks" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>> So can you explain your fear that the update of the display would >> be to slow? > > Two reasons: > a) I'm developing a 3d engine from the bare-bones, which should (!) be > efficient enough to run on embedded platforms such as the Neo1973. If > drawing-to-screen is overly expensive though, there's no chance. I'll try to get some numbers, but I haven't heard anything specific from our vendors yet. Give me a few days. > b) A good UI (IMHO) should blur the distinction between content and > 'fancy effects'. In that access to content is prime, and 'fancy > effects' (compare iPod scrollwheel vs Vista window swapping) should > complement access to content rather than obfuscate it. Agreed. -Sean _______________________________________________ OpenMoko community mailing list [email protected] http://lists.openmoko.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/community

