Thread: Why is the Apple UI so fluid and ours isn't?
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zillertal is offline zillertal
2010-03-10 , 07:20
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#114
Originally Posted by Venemo View Post
I'm always amazed at how some people see the name of a technology (the meaning of which they don't know and don't care about), and they somehow think that it would solve all the problems with a product that they have.

OK.
In short words, V-Sync is a simple technique that makes the video card in your PC only render as many frames per second as your display can refresh itself.

By the way, I don't have any problems with scrolling on the N900's browser. It's a little annoying when you have to wait a second for it to render the area you've scrolled to, but it is still enjoyable for a mobile device.
The tearing due to missing vsync is most easily seen in the browser, when you use it in portrait mode (Ctrl-Shift-O, qwerty not opened, and device turned upright), and then scrolling. I know what vertical sync is and IMHO it should be used to get rid of the tearing effect. It doesn't slow down a second, only 1/refresh rate (plus it might slow down the FPS, but at least we get full frames rendered). At least MY preference would be to do vsync/double buffering/whatever.

In any case, I'm very happy with N900 and would not change to Apple (probably ever). I just see Apple's point of everything being smooth. And I see Nokia's point that the platform is open for development and everything can be done. Nokia's point is more important, but we should be able to solve both problems.