On 17 February 2010 06:42, Chris Muller <asqueaker at gmail.com> wrote:
> Wow, I never noticed those shadows.
>
> This is so "Squeak" wouldn't you say!?  Subtle (1 pixel!), refined
> (because the designer still cared enough for the difference in look),
> and, sorry to say, apparently slower!  :-/
>
> Hm, a 10-20% improvement in world drawing speed or a 1-pixel shadow?
> I find it hard to not want to cash in those shadows..
>
Well, this inefficiency can be optimized by implementing clever
#drawDropShadowOn: for system window
to not use default implementation, which does ... well you can see
what it does by issuing:

World allMorphsDo: [:m | m drawDropShadowOn: World assuredCanvas ]

So, we could have a cake, and eat it too (in shadow ;)

>
> On Tue, Feb 16, 2010 at 6:42 PM, Igor Stasenko <siguctua at gmail.com> wrote:
>> How about removing a bit of wasteful crap ? :)
>>
>> By default, all system windows having a thin 1-pixel wide shadow. It
>> is hardly noticeable visually, but slows down things considerably:
>>
>> [ World fullDrawOn: (World assuredCanvas ) ] timeToRun 527
>> World allMorphsDo: [:m | m hasDropShadow: false ]
>> [ World fullDrawOn: (World assuredCanvas ) ] timeToRun  425
>>
>>
>>
>> --
>> Best regards,
>> Igor Stasenko AKA sig.
>>
>>
>
>



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Best regards,
Igor Stasenko AKA sig.