maemo.org - Talk - View Single Post - [Closed] Compiz Fusion port for N900

	Soheil	2009-12-03 , 12:51
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Originally Posted by andree

ehm, what would it be good for on such tiny display?

Yea, I would look cool. We dont need to port every heavy effect just the nitty gritty UI transitions etc would look cool.

I am pretty sure the reason transitions are kept to a minimum is to save battery power and memory. Something like Compiz would likely hammer the battery as if you were running a game, not something you want happening when simply switching between running applications.

Plus it all looks well and good, but I have had nothing but problems with Desktop Linux when using compositing (though granted, I haven't used it a great deal on Ubuntu but Mandriva). I have always ended up with it turned off to avoid video tearing, complete lack of video acceleration, instability, you name it. It may be nVidia at fault but that does not alter the fact it was not usable. That is something which does not happen on Windows btw.

So even on an environment where it SHOULD work (minimal difference in battery life on a laptop) it causes problems. I'm not sure I would want a dirty hack to get it on N900, it has perfectly reasonable transitions as it stands without wasting RAM and battery power.

Never used a Linux desktop before so you may be on the dot... but just like Winterboard for the iPhone does make the phone unstable and slow, people still wanna use it for the fancy UI.
Same for the N900, it may slow the phone down and surely will be a battery drain (I know mine last for 12hrs only with GPRS running actively at the background)

Having considered all the down sides, I feel we can always develop a Lite version tweaked for the device, enabling those wobbly transition effects along with the 3D cube.

just my 2cents here..