On Wed, Aug 14, 2013 at 4:38 PM, Roberto Colistete Jr. <roberto.colist...@gmail.com> wrote: > Em 14-08-2013 08:18, Zisu Andrei escreveu: > >> Scott, careful, we might end up on the bad side of things, as developers >> would want their app to be running all the time so he will abuse this, and >> we end up having all the things running all the time and the enduser gets >> bad performance, battery life and overall bad experience. > > > Well, Ubuntu Touch is said by Canonical to enable convergence of > devices, e.g., a smartphone which becomes a PC by connecting a monitor (by > cable), mouse and keyboard (by Bluetooth). >
Sure, see my comment on adjusting the lifecycle policy below. > Let us remember that a notebook user with Linux, Mac OS and Windows has > real multitasking. The user is responsible for opening and closing > softwares, if some open software has heavy load and waste battery life fast > as hell, it is up to the user decide if it will remain open or be closed. > Sometimes the user really needs to run a 6 thread calculation for 30 minutes > on a quad-core notebook. Conclusion : user has freedom. > Again: We can dynamically switch to a different lifecycle policy if the phone is docked or charging. A phone is a different form factor and usage scenario than a normal desktop PC and thus, the lifecycle policy is different, too. In the end, we want the Ubuntu Touch to be used by people who potentially don't even own a laptop or a desktop computer. > So, all of a sudden, desktop and notebook users when switch to a > smartphone can't be responsible anymore to decide which softwares should > remain open or be closed ? > That's an interesting way to put it: Let's phrase it this way: Users do not need to care, the state of an app is completely transparent to them. > Psion Epoc 32 users (from 11-16 years ago) have real preemptive > multitasking on pocket computers with 16MB of RAM, some users have devices > which lasted 5 years without rebooting, without the system closing softwares > by itself. Even also using my Psion Revo+ for developing > (editing/compiling/testing) on device, it remained 2 years without > rebooting. Not a bad experience at all. > Well, we are doing preemptive multi-tasking, too. We just reserve the right to aggressively take away resources from non-focused applications. > IMHO, It is a joke to have in 2013 quad core & 2GB RAM smartphones with > not real multitasking. > > I can say that a lot of future Ubuntu Touch users expect to have almost > all features of Ubuntu for PC's, including real multitasking. They are fed > up of Android, iOS and Windows Phone limitations. So don't let Ubuntu Touch > repeat these limitations. > > > -- > Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~ubuntu-phone > Post to : ubuntu-phone@lists.launchpad.net > Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~ubuntu-phone > More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~ubuntu-phone Post to : ubuntu-phone@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~ubuntu-phone More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
