2009/4/22 NoiseEHC <noise...@freemail.hu>: > I think most of those effects can be just as easily be done by the 2D engine > (like what the Geode has). Of course it would need a LOT of coding, like > killing the stupid X driver model with the X server process, using a > compositing windows manager, rewriting GTK+ to use some form of retained > rendering mode (like a super optimized Cairo library with some scene manager > functionality) and finally fixing all of those GTK applications which became > buggy because of this rendering change. Oh yeah, almost forgotten that moving > to OpenGL would need just the same amount of work.
Actually, GNOME 3.0 is moving into that direction (requiring OpenGL): http://lwn.net/Articles/327845/ Regards, Tomeu > So not only would it chew trough the XO 1.5's battery like crazy but it would > not run on the XO 1.0 so does it really worth that effort? > > Martin Langhoff wrote: > > On Tue, Apr 21, 2009 at 1:42 PM, Martin Dengler > <mar...@martindengler.com> wrote: > > > Imagine if it actually looked like the demo: > http://www.sugarlabs.org/index.php?template=gallery&page=media_01 > > > Exactly my thoughts. There are a couple of things we have to be > mindful of as we step into the wild 3D world... > > - memory footprint -- those smooth transitions count on having > various full-screen buffers, one for each screen you might want to > slide smoothly into. > > - batery burn -- the OpenGL API was originally designed for high end > workstations, and has some battery-depleting features such as a hi-res > timer event that triggers all the time and prevents sleep > > The iPhone uses these smooth UI tricks (to a fantastic effect), and > its battery life is a fraction of every other phone -- I'd say that > the 3D niceness is part of the reason why. > > cheers, > > > > m > > > _______________________________________________ > Sugar-devel mailing list > sugar-de...@lists.sugarlabs.org > http://lists.sugarlabs.org/listinfo/sugar-devel > > _______________________________________________ Devel mailing list Devel@lists.laptop.org http://lists.laptop.org/listinfo/devel
