Drawing raw pixels to screen..

Richard Franks richard.franks at drdc-rddc.gc.ca
Thu Nov 23 18:45:26 CET 2006


One thing the 480x640 (standard usage orientation) resolution allows for
is the ability to create UI designs not limited by small displays of the
past, corporate/managerial conservative weighting factors against
creative(ly different) UIs or branding constraints. That is - your
standard phone interface is limited by the *perception* of what the
lowest common end-user denominator can handle.

It's a gamble, but also one which has paid off well for Apple in the
past.

UI design also marks the difference between complexity and simplicity
with regards the potentially bewildering flexibility an open-source
phone offers.

Although the UI-screenshots look very nicely designed indeed, I'm
interested in pursuing some of the 'far-out' unconventional UI concepts
I've been pondering.

Fundamental to this though, is how quickly the Neo1973 can update its
display - is it possible to get some FPS figures for just a simple for
XY loop?

Cheers,
Richard




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