Lightweight Themes
 

In some devices, certain themes can make a large impact on device performance, and I was wondering if this is the case with the N900 as well. Can a lightweight theme potentially be more responsive than a hefty alternative?

If this is the case, which light themes are known for their "speed"?

Re: Lightweight Themes
 

I take it that in this case it doesn't matter? :)

Re: Lightweight Themes
 

I'm not sure... For me Black Plastic Theme seems to make N900 slightly faster... But it doesn't really matter, because I think N900 is already fast, you can also overclock it. You might already know about the trick, if you don't:

http://www.adelamlj.com/index.php/overclockn900.html

:lol: Link to my website!

Re: Lightweight Themes
 

Go with either Black Plastic (as mentioned above) or Marina.

http://maemo.org/downloads/product/M...plastic-theme/

http://maemo.org/downloads/product/M...-theme-marina/

I'd also look into custom Transitions/hildon-home as they make a massive difference to the overall feel of the phone.

Kind Regards,
D4rKlar

Re: Lightweight Themes
 

To my knowledge there aren't any light weight themes.. maybe using the default icon theme are lighter than a custom to load. But thats it.

Re: Lightweight Themes
 

I do find that some themes are smoother/faster and others are slower though.

Could the size of the theme components (icons/frames/loading bars etc) have something to do with it?

Re: Lightweight Themes
 

Yeah, that would be the only logical reason. If the background picture is large it will take longer to load and use more resources than a small one. Same goes for icons. So i am guessing that the default icons might be lighter than to the custom ones some of the themes use.

I have tested a few themes and have not seen any big differances.. They are pretty equal to me.

Re: Lightweight Themes
 

i dont think it makes a big difference.
not sure if it does if you create graphics that are saved in low-quality with high compression to make the file-size smaller?!