Pulsing icon delayed by 5 seconds - Revision history

MartinDengler: add gonzalo's solution

2011-03-01T17:51:12Z

add gonzalo's solution

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	''The screenshots sequentially show the frames of the pulsing icon animation after the application of the above fix.''		''The screenshots sequentially show the frames of the pulsing icon animation after the application of the above fix.''
	<br>.		<br>.

			===FIX # ===

			Gonzalo came up with a patch that uses Cairo to eliminate much of the re-drawing. He published [http://dev.laptop.org/~gonzalo/alpha-pulsingicon/ a version] that is now being polished for merging.

			==Conclusion==

			Gonzalo's fix is preferred.

	===Contact===		===Contact===

Anurag-seeta: /* Description */

2010-11-05T12:25:23Z

Description

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	===Description===		===Description===
	SugarLabs bug [http://bugs.sugarlabs.org/ticket/2080 #~~3080~~] was raised because whenever an activity is started in sugar OS , we get to see a few seconds delay after clicking on the activity icon on the home screen and before the appearance of the pulsing icon animation. The delay also seems to be directly proportional to the complexity of the icon of the activity.		SugarLabs bug [http://bugs.sugarlabs.org/ticket/2080 #2080] was raised because whenever an activity is started in sugar OS , we get to see a few seconds delay after clicking on the activity icon on the home screen and before the appearance of the pulsing icon animation. The delay also seems to be directly proportional to the complexity of the icon of the activity.

	===Proposed solutions and their End Results===		===Proposed solutions and their End Results===

MartinDengler: finally get link right

2010-11-05T10:33:39Z

finally get link right

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	===Description===		===Description===
	SugarLabs bug [[http://bugs.sugarlabs.org/ticket/2080 #3080] was raised because whenever an activity is started in sugar OS , we get to see a few seconds delay after clicking on the activity icon on the home screen and before the appearance of the pulsing icon animation. The delay also seems to be directly proportional to the complexity of the icon of the activity.		SugarLabs bug [http://bugs.sugarlabs.org/ticket/2080 #3080] was raised because whenever an activity is started in sugar OS , we get to see a few seconds delay after clicking on the activity icon on the home screen and before the appearance of the pulsing icon animation. The delay also seems to be directly proportional to the complexity of the icon of the activity.

	===Proposed solutions and their End Results===		===Proposed solutions and their End Results===

MartinDengler: /* Pulsing icon delayed by 5 seconds */

2010-11-05T10:33:26Z

Pulsing icon delayed by 5 seconds

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	===Description===		===Description===
	SugarLabs bug [[http://bugs.sugarlabs.org/ticket/2080\|#3080] was raised because whenever an activity is started in sugar OS , we get to see a few seconds delay after clicking on the activity icon on the home screen and before the appearance of the pulsing icon animation. The delay also seems to be directly proportional to the complexity of the icon of the activity.		SugarLabs bug [[http://bugs.sugarlabs.org/ticket/2080 #3080] was raised because whenever an activity is started in sugar OS , we get to see a few seconds delay after clicking on the activity icon on the home screen and before the appearance of the pulsing icon animation. The delay also seems to be directly proportional to the complexity of the icon of the activity.

	===Proposed solutions and their End Results===		===Proposed solutions and their End Results===

MartinDengler: /* Pulsing icon delayed by 5 seconds */

2010-11-05T10:33:09Z

Pulsing icon delayed by 5 seconds

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	===Description===		===Description===
	SugarLabs bug #3080 was raised because whenever an activity is started in sugar OS , we get to see a few seconds delay after clicking on the activity icon on the home screen and before the appearance of the pulsing icon animation. The delay also seems to be directly proportional to the complexity of the icon of the activity.		SugarLabs bug [[http://bugs.sugarlabs.org/ticket/2080\|#3080] was raised because whenever an activity is started in sugar OS , we get to see a few seconds delay after clicking on the activity icon on the home screen and before the appearance of the pulsing icon animation. The delay also seems to be directly proportional to the complexity of the icon of the activity.

	===Proposed solutions and their End Results===		===Proposed solutions and their End Results===

MartinDengler: add link to #3080

2010-11-05T10:32:38Z

add link to #3080

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	===Description===		===Description===
	~~Whenever~~ an activity is started in sugar OS , we get to see a few seconds delay after clicking on the activity icon on the home screen and before the appearance of the pulsing icon animation. The delay also seems to be directly proportional to the complexity of the icon of the activity.		SugarLabs bug #3080 was raised because whenever an activity is started in sugar OS , we get to see a few seconds delay after clicking on the activity icon on the home screen and before the appearance of the pulsing icon animation. The delay also seems to be directly proportional to the complexity of the icon of the activity.

	===Proposed solutions and their End Results===		===Proposed solutions and their End Results===

Anurag-seeta at 14:15, 4 November 2010

2010-11-04T14:15:35Z

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	Whenever an activity is started in sugar OS , we get to see a few seconds delay after clicking on the activity icon on the home screen and before the appearance of the pulsing icon animation. The delay also seems to be directly proportional to the complexity of the icon of the activity.		Whenever an activity is started in sugar OS , we get to see a few seconds delay after clicking on the activity icon on the home screen and before the appearance of the pulsing icon animation. The delay also seems to be directly proportional to the complexity of the icon of the activity.

	===~~Solutions~~ and their End Results===		===Proposed solutions and their End Results===

Anurag-seeta: /* FIX # 5 */

2010-11-04T14:12:49Z

FIX # 5

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	'''Result :''' The applied patch reduces the delay by more then 60%, as confirmed by the community, but it's worth a note that the zoom in effect is still lost for most svg icons, only for the very simple icons effect is visible (Log icon is simple enough to show it, Distance icon is not quick enough).We can see the below attached screenshots showing the visual effects, after the application of the patch on an XO-1.5		'''Result :''' The applied patch reduces the delay by more then 60%, as confirmed by the community, but it's worth a note that the zoom in effect is still lost for most svg icons, only for the very simple icons effect is visible (Log icon is simple enough to show it, Distance icon is not quick enough).We can see the below attached screenshots showing the visual effects, after the application of the patch on an XO-1.5
	<br>		<br>
	[[File:Patch_MD_result_1.jpg\|~~600px~~]]~~<br>~~		[[File:Patch_MD_result_1.jpg\|200px]]
	~~'''Screenshot at t =t0 '''<br>~~		[[File:Patch_MD_result_2.jpg\|200px]]
	[[File:Patch_MD_result_2.jpg\|~~600px~~]]~~<br>~~		[[File:Patch_MD_result_3.jpg\|200px]]
	~~'''Screenshot at t =t1 '''<br>~~		[[File:Patch_MD_result_4.jpg\|200px]]
	[[File:Patch_MD_result_3.jpg\|~~600px~~]]~~<br>~~
	~~'''Screenshot at t =t2 '''<br>~~
	[[File:Patch_MD_result_4.jpg\|~~600px~~]]~~<br>~~
	~~'''Screenshot at t =t3 '''~~
	<br>		<br>
	''~~t3 > t2 > t1 > t0~~''		''The screenshots sequentially show the frames of the pulsing icon animation after the application of the above fix.''
	<br>.		<br>.

Anurag-seeta: /* FIX # 4 */

2010-11-04T14:10:57Z

FIX # 4

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	'''Result :''' The idea was to reduce the rendering time of the first frame so as to speed up the appearance of the first frame of the animation and hence reduce the delay. This fix seems to work as per expectations and has reduced the delay time by more than 50% as noted in the logs and reported by the community.We can see the below attached screenshots showing the visual effects, after the application of the patch on an XO-1.5		'''Result :''' The idea was to reduce the rendering time of the first frame so as to speed up the appearance of the first frame of the animation and hence reduce the delay. This fix seems to work as per expectations and has reduced the delay time by more than 50% as noted in the logs and reported by the community.We can see the below attached screenshots showing the visual effects, after the application of the patch on an XO-1.5
	<br>		<br>
	[[File:Patch_v5_result_1.jpg\|~~600px~~]]~~<br>~~		[[File:Patch_v5_result_1.jpg\|200px]]
	~~'''Screenshot at t =t0 '''<br>~~		[[File:Patch_v5_result_2.jpg\|200px]]
	[[File:Patch_v5_result_2.jpg\|~~600px~~]]~~<br>~~		[[File:Patch_v5_result_3.jpg\|200px]]
	~~'''Screenshot at t =t1 '''<br>~~		[[File:Patch_v5_result_4.jpg\|200px]]
	[[File:Patch_v5_result_3.jpg\|~~600px~~]]~~<br>~~
	~~'''Screenshot at t =t2 '''<br>~~
	[[File:Patch_v5_result_4.jpg\|~~600px~~]]~~<br>~~
	~~'''Screenshot at t =t3 '''~~
	<br>		<br>
	''~~t3 > t2 > t1 > t0~~''		''The screenshots sequentially show the frames of the pulsing icon animation after the application of the above fix''
	<br>.		<br>.

	===FIX # 5 ===		===FIX # 5 ===
	Here the idea was suggested and implemented by Martin dengler <martin@martindengler.com>. We can find his patch [http://www.martindengler.com/tmp/sl.o-2080/pulsingicon.py-set-new-colors-in-one-go-to-avoid-multiple-calls-to-SVG-rendering.patch here]. <br>		Here the idea was suggested and implemented by Martin dengler <martin@martindengler.com>. We can find his patch [http://www.martindengler.com/tmp/sl.o-2080/pulsingicon.py-set-new-colors-in-one-go-to-avoid-multiple-calls-to-SVG-rendering.patch here]. <br>

Anurag-seeta at 16:32, 3 November 2010

2010-11-03T16:32:44Z

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 ===FIX # 4 ===
-Tried to stop the first frame of the animation from being  filled with colors , so that upon starting the animation we would get to see a raw grayscale svg icon of the activity for the first frame only and then it would be seamlessly continued with the pulsing icon animation.<br>
+Tried to stop the first frame of the animation from being  filled with colors , so that upon starting the animation we would get to see a raw grayscale svg icon of the activity for the first frame only and then it would be seamlessly continued with the pulsing icon animation. The patch could be found [http://patchwork.sugarlabs.org/patch/314/ here]. <br>
-'''Result :''' The idea was to reduce the rendering time of the first frame so as to speed up the appearance of the first frame of the animation and hence reduce the delay. This fix 	 seems to work the best till date and has reduced the delay time by more than  50% as noted in the logs and reported by the community.
+'''Result :''' The idea was to reduce the rendering time of the first frame so as to speed up the appearance of the first frame of the animation and hence reduce the delay. This fix seems to work as per expectations and has reduced the delay time by more than  50% as noted in the logs and reported by the community.We can see the below attached screenshots showing the visual effects,  after the application of the patch on an XO-1.5
+<br>
 ===Contact===