Let me clarify my point that CPU usage has been steadily on the rise in every release of PowerSDR. I think I saw Eric say he saw a 3% jump for skins support. My 30% was from a really old version to pretty betty, which encompasses a lot of changes, not just skins. -Scott, WU2X
On Wed, Jun 17, 2009 at 2:43 PM, Scott McClements<kc2...@gmail.com> wrote: > Well I guess you can't please all the people all the time. I think the > whole point of skins is that *any* look *is* possible. I can > definitely say that CPU usage is on the rise with these changes. On my > single core machine, CPU usage on Pretty Betty is 30% higher (on > average) than it was with version 1.10. In fact that makes 192Khz > nearly unusable now. But - computers become outdated, newer software > relies on faster machines and more cores. Now I have a good reason to > stimulate the economy and get a new Intel i7 machine. > > -Scott WU2X > > > > > > On Wed, Jun 17, 2009 at 2:01 PM, Duane - N9DG<n...@yahoo.com> wrote: >> >> >> --- On Wed, 6/17/09, Brian Lloyd <brian-wb6...@lloyd.com> wrote: >> >>> .... Contrast and edge-definition >>> makes the >>> controls easier to spot with your eyes. Also anything that >>> leaves more >>> processing power to the radio functions is strongly to be >>> desired. I >>> don't want to give up a single CPU cycle to "eye-candy" if >>> I don't have to. >> >> Yes I 100% agree. And the comment about "contrast and edge-definition" >> squarely hits the nail on the head. That is one of everal things that I >> really dislike about the progress bars, icons etc, of the Windows Vista's UI >> defaults (and many other new software products in general as far as that >> goes). Everytime I work with Vista in the lab at work the screen looks like >> a collection of "mushy" objects and blurry lines. And the "melted/polished >> glass" look of the icons, progress bars, etc. I also find to be straining on >> the eyes, and not the least bit of any improvement - in fact I see it as >> being a general step backward in UI "design and looks" because it seeks to >> make you focus on the item (picture) on the computer screen as a real world >> object. I don't want that. I want to look/see *beyond* the item *on* the >> computer screen and instead optimize the presentation of what the >> water/panadapter is actually representing. In short I don't want to see >> pictures of >> "physical objects" - I want to let the computer and the program's UI to >> show me the "abstract", or in other words, the things that I cannot normally >> see, i.e. RF spectrum. >> >> The idealized look of the UI for me is a nearly 100% screen sized >> padapter/waterfall with a an absolute minimum of "controls" around it. I'm >> also becoming increasingly convinced that virtually all of the adjustments >> that I would want to routinely make can be done from *within* the visual >> space of the panadapter/waterfall itself. >> >> As a side note: I'm finally getting some time to actually run this stuff >> again after a lengthy "shack all dismantled" downtime. Currently am >> re-familiarizing myself with the PowerSDR version that I had last used - >> 1.12 (yes that far back). I soon plan to warp ahead a year or so to the >> current released version + the various SVN's. I expect that experience to be >> very enlightening given my "hands on" absence from the 1000/5000a & PowerSDR >> for the better part of a year.. >> >> Duane >> N9DG >> >> >> >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> FlexRadio Systems Mailing List >> FlexRadio@flex-radio.biz >> http://mail.flex-radio.biz/mailman/listinfo/flexradio_flex-radio.biz >> Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/flexradio%40flex-radio.biz/ >> Knowledge Base: http://kc.flex-radio.com/ Homepage: >> http://www.flex-radio.com/ >> > _______________________________________________ FlexRadio Systems Mailing List FlexRadio@flex-radio.biz http://mail.flex-radio.biz/mailman/listinfo/flexradio_flex-radio.biz Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/flexradio%40flex-radio.biz/ Knowledge Base: http://kc.flex-radio.com/ Homepage: http://www.flex-radio.com/
