On Tuesday 31 Jul 2012 08:28:41 Robert Krambovitis wrote:
> > > -how many choose not to
> > > -how many use drivers that don't support it
> >
> > none - because we have software compositing fallback. unlike most
> > others. :)
> > and it works well. even on the cruddy 600mhz penitum-m test machine i
> > have..
> >
> > > -how many have old computers that can't handle it
> >
> > none. if the penitum-m @ 600mhz handles it... thats good enough. it
> > works on
> > phones quite well (though the sample devices i've had it on support
> > opengl-es2, so it works accelerated).
> >
> > > If you think it should be mandatory, then so be it.
> > > As with all things linux, we can each choose to
> > > either chime in and help resolve any issues and make it awesome
> > > or use something different.
>
> I have re-enabled the compositor on my work machine (Geforce 210).
> As soon as you are done with EFL, and *if* I remember/encounter the reason
> why I don't generally use it, I will post :)
Well, I would never use compositor for more than a few minutes because on a
quad CPU and ATI card it was adding some latency (OK imperceptibly so) adding
some CPU load and I found the default wobbly windows annoying.
I also didn't like the mplayer window dimming down (or going semi-transparent)
when it lost focus.
However, selecting another style (or using the latest default which does not
wobble) does away with most of the annoying features for me.
Most importantly though, I now find that there is a very small difference in
CPU load when compositing is enabled and there is no latency. Therefore I
have switched compositing on. I'll keep an eye on battery usage when not
plugged in to see if it makes any noticeable difference.
If compositing continues to improve at this rate then I would have no
objection to it being a default feature.
Big thank you to Raster and devs for the good work with e17. :-)
--
Regards,
Mick
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