great idea i hope there are some really skilled graphics programmers in the crew - and that this issue gets high priority... this will lay a good ground to let the community take over (in time), and add eyecandy effects on par with htc desire...

the community seems to be well suited to customize and add applications - and the only thing that will hold the community coders back, is if the final Meego release turns out to be too heavyweight for the hardware... it should be as lightweight as possible so it leaves room for additional weight (eyecandy and apps).

for comparisson, i remember using something called XSOS2.0 (a stripped windows xp version) on a old computer. it really gave some serious performance boost (compared to stock WinXP) and eliminated most background tasks that is usually hogging in the background (...services that most people dont use anyway). XSOS had fullblown drivers and 98% compatibility with apps and left plenty of resources for eyecandy and a lagfree experience.

this approach may also be needed to get full framerate while using the N900's camcorder. and if virtual memory can be disabled by the user i think this issue will dissappear.

there could be a menu called "advanced settings" where the user can decide which background tasks they find useful, and can disable the other ones to maximize possible achievable speed.

how about just fake multitouch. lets put some more maths into this multitouch on a resistive screen thing

if fake multi touch works well it may be a good idea.
however i think the accuracy drops if that approach is used. the screen would in worst case autodetect a one finger operation as a "multi touch operation", if the finger follows a certain pattern.
but im too inexperienced with it to make a accurate judgement... if the "PRESSURE sensitivity" can be activated on multiple parts of screen simultaneously fake multitouch could work really well.

lovly stuff!

Meego project team:

dont forget this thread with more information if any major news comes along...

yeah im interested to hear what the last 2 and a half weeks or so have produced, keep us updated team thanks for the good work!

Who is running the show?

According to the official wiki page, Nokia is contributing people, but it's not just a Nokia project. Since this is a MeeGo project and not solely a Nokia endeavor, I think they are trying to have much of the discussion be on MeeGo turf. The Handset subforum for MeeGo is here -- there's a little bit of activity there.

any news??? i suppose theres nothing new to tell us about since there are no updates here. but it would still be nice to see some kind of update.

We usually participate in this thread over at forum.meego.com and do announcements and such:

http://forum.meego.com/showthread.php?p=7906#post7906