Joe Malone [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] wrote: | | That's not relevant. The main problem with the entire section is the | attitude towards third-party software. ("The worst offenders... are | third-party... applications", "they use more energy...", | "suck power")
Third party software have generally more functions (so dynamic steps) than built-in apps, so in general, is it legitimate to state they consume more energy than built-in apps? | Handspring does not say "SOME third-party software" drains excessive | power. They categorically state that third-party software uses more | energy than built-in software and tell you to delete it. This is not | the type of message that assists developers in marketing and selling | software. These statements tend to make people afraid of third-party | apps. >From the user's point of view, deleting heavy, complex 3rd party apps is one >effective thing to extend battery life of their device? What we developers must give attention to is to make our apps light weight, fast and less battery consuming, I think. js3guj -- For information on using the Palm Developer Forums, or to unsubscribe, please see http://www.palmos.com/dev/support/forums/
