[maemo-developers] [maemo-developers] non-maemo apps in toolbar

[From: Gustavo Sverzut Barbieri]

On 1/10/06, Eero Tamminen <eero.tamminen at movial.fi> wrote:
> On Mon, Jan 09, 2006 at 09:37:25AM -0200, Gustavo Sverzut Barbieri wrote:
> > > > To make an input window work in maemo env ( this is different to
> > > > defualt mb input win handling ) you need to have it set its transiency
> > > > to the window its entering data for.
> > >
> > > I think this would be undesirable as then the application window
> > > would be resized.  This discussion was mostly about stuff like
> > > SDL games which don't handle window resizes.  Therefore the
> > > input method should be above the "application" window, not
> > > make it to resize.
> >
> > seconded.
> >
> > Also, if I am right, this could avoid CPU usage in complex programs
> > like web browser.
>
> Battery is affected more how often CPU is used than the "height"
> of CPU usage spike.  As input method comes & resizes application
> window only on user input, it's not significant from the battery
> usage point of view.

I'm not taking battery in account, just the perceived slowness to
resize/re-render the whole screen. I still don't have the device, but
from what I've read, it takes some time to open the vkb for the first
time due Opera's slow -rendering... or I misunderstood?

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