----- Original message ----- > On Sun, Sep 19, 2010 at 17:58, Robin Burchell <virot...@viroteck.net> > wrote: > > > > Anyway: this was pretty much in keeping with my idea: move it into the > > task switcher (hildon-desktop/other) so that applications which are > > moved to background are stopped (unless they signal for whatever > > reason that they need to be kept running, but I'm not even sure that > > is necessary: if you really need to do background processing > > constantly, why do it in a GUI application?) > > I suggested something similar three years ago (wow, Maemo's old ;-)) > and the reaction was less favourable: > > http://www.gossamer-threads.com/lists/maemo/users/26337 > > For example, Igor Stoppa wrote: > > > > You are proposing a shortcut that is encouraging crappy code to be > > written, since the system will always take care of saying: "psst, > > pretend to be a properly written piece of code". > > > > If an application has nothing to do, it _must_ be blocked waiting for > > something, such as an event, a timer, whatever it cares about, nothing > > else. > > Personally, I think it'd still be useful; without going to the > (almost) co-operative multi-tasking of iOS. > > Cheers, > > Andrew >
I'd agree with Igor if the application is a newly written one. But when porting from desktop to Maemo, adapting the code to be less power hungry can be a daunting task and not many developers have time for it (let's not forget that many port apps to Maemo for fun or bacause they need the port... it is, indeed, a hobby) So I'd favour such an approach as well. Aniello _______________________________________________ maemo-developers mailing list maemo-developers@maemo.org https://lists.maemo.org/mailman/listinfo/maemo-developers
