Ah - yep Bob see what you mean. I do indeed want firefox settable to run in several modes: standard [maximum performance], low resource mode [mimimize impact on resources, but still keep it functional for a user - slight delay in switching tabs as you load images from disc for instance would be ok] and minimal resource mode [sleep mode? minimized all images dumped to disc, effect is slight delay on restart].
JR Bob Doolittle wrote: > Good idea, but be careful... Brian was suggesting > "low resource mode" only when the card is removed. > > I think the unspoken assumption by Brian was that when > the card was reinserted the desktop would leave "low > resource mode" - is that right, Brian? > > I think we're interested in firefox reducing resources for > unviewed tabs at all times, not just when the user is away. > Of course the question is what impact this would have on > performance... > > Maybe we need a distinction between low resource mode > (probably always a good idea on a shared server) and > minimal resource mode (even more constrained, for use in > temporarily-inactive sessions on shared servers). > > Does this make any sense? > > -Bob > > John Rice wrote: > >> Really like the presence ideas Brian for SunRay. >> >> Under your umbrella of "Gnome apps set to go into low resource mode" >> I'd particulary like to see someone hack on Firefox to get it in this >> low resource mode to only keep images in memory for the currently >> visible tab, with 20 - 30 tabs open this can be a huge resource sink. >> >> JR >> >> To enable reduced resources mode, execute the following command: >> >> # *gconftool-2 --type bool --set >> /apps/metacity/general/reduced_resources true* >> >> >> Brian Nitz wrote: >> >>> I'll put it on the wiki, but fist I thought I'd ask for opinions on >>> these ideas: >>> >>> 1) Provides GNOME desktop hooks which would allow sunray utactions >>> (specifically java card removal) to do something useful such as: >>> Tell GAIM instant messenger that you are away. >>> Tell screensavers, stock tickers, clocks and other visually >>> active applications to stop updating the screen for a while. >>> Tell other GNOME applications to go into a low resource usage >>> mode. >>> >>> This might also be useful for the Linux Desktop Terminal Project >>> (LDTP) and other thin client projects, and possibly for power >>> management. >>> >>> 2) Write a porting tool which would allow customizations of desktop >>> files and gconf key to be migrated automatically to newer GNOME >>> releases. >>> >>> 3) Make nautilus (gnome-vfs) understand zfs snapshots and rollbacks. >>> >>> Glynn Foster wrote: >>> >>>> On Mon, 2006-04-24 at 19:18 +0100, Darren Kenny wrote: >>>> >>>> >>>>> Another interesting project would be to get a Bluetooth stack up >>>>> an running with the OpenSolaris kernel. This is something sadly >>>>> lacking... >>>>> >>>>> Darren. >>>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> Agree, get wiki'ing. Add all the suggestions to that page and then we >>>> can probably worry about mentoring people after that. >>>> >>>> >>>> Glynn >>>> >>>> _______________________________________________ >>>> desktop-discuss mailing list >>>> desktop-discuss at opensolaris.org >>>> >>> >>> >>> >> >> >> ------------------------------------------------------------------------ >> >> _______________________________________________ >> desktop-discuss mailing list >> desktop-discuss at opensolaris.org >> > > > _______________________________________________ > desktop-discuss mailing list > desktop-discuss at opensolaris.org
