<div dir="ltr">I was just thinking about the various UI-related layers that are there in 2007.2/2008.8/FSO. I understand that the idea is to re-use existing technologies and concepts from the desktop world. However, wouldn't a single-layer approach make things run a lot faster? Or have a more customized / simpler X?<br>
<br>Pros:<br>1) Faster and lighter UI<br>2) Benefits derived from (1) - like more memory / processing power for applications<br><br>Suggestion: <br><br>A tinier X (than KDrive) that does only full-screen applications and pop-ups. This would simplify the UI API to a subset of GTK+ / Qt (??) . The reason for this suggestion being that generally mobile applications occupy the whole screen and usually just pop-up smaller stuff once in a while. Extensive window management is NOT required. Typically the user has 1 or more applications opens and alt-tabs between them. He doesn't tile them side-by-side etc. That is (usually) not a valid use-case for mobile applications. <br>
<br>Disclaimer: I am not well-versed in either of GTK+ or Qt. So some (or all) of the suggestions above may be stupid.<br><br>Also, I read somewhere that GTK+ is not quite optimized enough for OpenMoko (something about images not being cached, just impacting responsivenes) ? Are fixes in progress for these? I would like to help. Please direct me to where I should start looking.<br>
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