What's with the LAG?!?

[MDLarson]

Originally posted by arden
I have often noticed the Windows partial redraw "featurette." I like the way it resizes simple windows, but it's because it's a dumber OS. OS 9 is actually the loser in all of this because resizing windows isn't dynamic; rather, you get a ghost outline, which, while efficient, is ugly and has its drawbacks.

Adobe apps appear to be using this ghost outline feature in their OS X apps (at least Photoshop and Illustrator). Apparently Adobe thinks OS X's windows are too slow too?

 

[Ripcord]

Originally posted by MDLarson
Adobe apps appear to be using this ghost outline feature in their OS X apps (at least Photoshop and Illustrator). Apparently Adobe thinks OS X's windows are too slow too?

If I remember correctly, Office does the same thing as well. I'm guessing many of the "early" ported apps used this (i.e. build when window resizing REALLY sucked), and I don't believe it's a cocoa- or carbon-only thing.

It looks like this is a programmer-specifiable option. One advantage I see is that in Windows it's a *user*-configurable option, which is what I'd rather see in OS X, though as time moves on it's mattering less and less.

 

[hulkaros]

That I believe has to do with most (if not all) Adobe apps of being Carbon based and not Cocoa... Or if you prefer left overs from OS 9 code

 

[mindbend]

I would gladly take ghosted window outlines until the OS gets up to speed. It's almost there for me though [window resize speed], so I suspect I won't care anymore as I start switching to the G5s.