Re: Aisleriot/Blackjack cards

["Vincent Povirk" <madewokherd+d41d gmail com>]

I'd like to point out that "low spec" users probably also include
users of aisleriot on Nokia Internet Tablets. The tablets do have
small screen resolutions and this may help, but we do need to take
those users into account. Can anyone comment on performance of card
rendering on those machines?

Or (crazy idea time), would it be possible to change the default
depending on the specs of the machine?

On Jan 12, 2008 2:23 PM, Thomas H.P. Andersen <phomes gmail com> wrote:
> I knew that Bonded was optimized for speed but 2.5 times sure sounds
> like a lot. I tested it on my old computer (1300MHz celeron, 384 ram,
> sis graphics) but I could not feel any difference between Bonded and
> Anglo there. I'm in the middle of installing gutsy on my even-older pc
> (400 MHz), I'm sure I'll feel the difference there...
>
> IMO we shouldn't hold back development for the low spec users forever.
> At some point we have to accept increased cost to make things
> better/prettier. As ultra low spec users become a minority (I assume)
> I'd say it's fair to default to the more costly and let the low spec
> users install Bonded if needed.
>
>
> On Jan 12, 2008 6:48 PM, Christian Persch <chpe gnome org> wrote:
> > Hi;
> >
> > Le samedi 12 janvier 2008 à 17:17 +0100, Andreas Rosdal a écrit :
> > > On Sat, 12 Jan 2008, Thomas H.P. Andersen wrote:
> > > Yes, that is the only difference, and is also the reason it was created.
> > > The default 'bonded' cards have quite low-quality king, queen and jack,
> > > while Anglo is better in this area.
> > >
> > > > Personally I think we should just go with gnomanglo but a poll surely
> > > > wont't hurt :)
> > >
> > > I agree with this. If everyone agrees, then there's no need for a poll.
> >
> > The reason we currently default to Bonded is that it renders the
> > fastest. I just took some timings (compile libgames-support/ with CFLAGS
> > +="-DINSTRUMENT_LOADING" for that; use Freecell since it renders all the
> > cards at startup), and it results that Gnomanglo takes about 2.5 times
> > as long to render all cards as Bonded; that's too long IMHO.
> >
> > Regards,
> >         Christian
> >
> >
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Vincent Povirk