On 09-08-2002 11:28, "Chris Ridd" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> On 9/8/02 9:11 am, SVEN AERTS <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> On 05-08-2002 17:40, "Eric Hildum" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >>> OS X uses significantly more memory than early Mac OS versions due to the >>> new transparency effects in the windowing system. >> >> What are transparency effects ? Is it the graphic interface of OSX ... That >> Aqua thing ? >> > > Yes. If you look at the top of a window, you can see through it a bit. > That's the transparency effect Eric was talking about. To be able to display > this, OS X has to join all the data from multiple windows together to be > able to draw a pixel on the screen. To make this "fast" it keeps each > window's display in memory. > > Everything you see on screen seems to support being transparent, so > everything gets buffered in memory. This is one reason why OS X uses so much > memory. > > Cheers, > > Chris > > Thanks. & Thanks Apple... Now we can all stare at half transparent windows... Whilst our work is *not* being done. What customers asked for that shit ? Not me... They never asked me if I wanted that... They just want us to buy new material and soft again... Ass holes ! -- To unsubscribe: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> archives: <http://www.mail-archive.com/entourage-talk%40lists.letterrip.com/> old-archive: <http://www.mail-archive.com/entourage-talk%40lists.boingo.com/>
