Re: smooth scrolling by default? performance?

[Reinout van Schouwen <reinouts gnome org>]

Hello Jeff,

Op dinsdag 14-08-2007 om 13:40 uur [tijdzone -0400], schreef Jeff:

> I just discovered the smooth scrolling option in epiphany's
> preferences.

Yes, at long last it's been added as a preference -- the functionality
has been available since the dawn of time :-) (If you're not using the
latest development release and want to have smooth scroll, go to
about:config and set "general.smoothScroll" to the boolean value "true".
Create the key if necessary.)

> I have to say that it blows my eyeballs away. Wow. Then I wondered why
> this is not activated by default. Is it that it uses much CPU/GPU
> horsepower or something like that? Just curious.

It's because smooth scrolling is reported to cause eye strain to some
users with LCD screens. Also the performance over remote X connections
is bad. See [1]. But most people should be just fine.

regards,

-- 
Reinout van Schouwen


[1] http://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=114751