On Thu, Sep 04, 2008 at 06:50:00PM +0200, Tomeu Vizoso wrote: > On Thu, Sep 4, 2008 at 6:38 PM, Greg Smith <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Hi Tomeu, > > > > Pardon my ignorance but what are screenshots in this context? rtfm links > > welcome too. > > These are used in the detailed view in the journal. > > > Explain what is different about what the end user would see on the > > screen before and after this change. Then I can ask around and get some > > opinions on whether this is a cost worth bearing for greater performance. > > The user would stop seeing thumbnails in the journal. >
The user will additionally notice that alt+tab events occur twice as fast, and the latency in switching between activities is more consistent. > > Also, does this change improve the speed of "every frame appearance"? > > That has been a frustration for me. Users can turn off the frame but > > there's some important stuff there now (e.g. journal) so I think we need > > to make it work faster (especially make it go away faster). > > Would make appear the frame faster, but wouldn't affect when it goes > away. For that we would need to use composition (an intended goal for > 9.1.0). > Right. > > BTW Its great to see some progress on the performance front. Certainly a > > concern for our users. Also great to see Andres in the loop. He is one > > of the best engineers I have seen who can bridge the sur and devel/sugar > > lists. > > Agreed! He certainly is! Best, Erik _______________________________________________ Sugar mailing list [email protected] http://lists.laptop.org/listinfo/sugar
