How "snappy" can the Openmoko GUI get using GTK?

[Giles Jones]

On 3 Sep 2007, at 18:32, Andy Poling wrote:

>
> I haven't seen anyone else mention the obvious: some of the device  
> drivers and
> alot of the code have debugging output enabled.  Start the X server  
> manually,
> and watch the debugging info spew forth, and you'll get an idea  
> where a bunch
> of CPU cycles are going.  As an example, every stylus press results  
> in at
> least 4 debugging msgs printed, something happening in a place I would
> consider latency-sensitive.  In addition various things complain  
> constantly of
> missing icon image files, etc... things that would surely be cached  
> if they
> were present, and those complaints take cycles.
>
> It's all appropriate in a development environment - we just have to  
> factor
> that in when considering the responsiveness of the device.  IMO it's
> appropriate for the primary focus to be functionality and the  
> secondary focus
> to be user interaction effectiveness at this point.

I've found that using a stylus seems to help it recognise touches,  
maybe someone has tweaked something so finger presses don't register  
as easily?