[Sugar-devel] Design mockup of a different activity launcher

[Paul Fox]

i agree with others that the new proposal isn't nearly as nice,
or as much fun, as the current pulsing icon (though i think other
aspects, like the close button, are good).  i think that avi is
spot on when he says:

 > 5) The current ridiculous startup overhead is not because of the visual 
 > idea; it is because of the implementation. A little bit of thought put 
 > into optimization would probably solve the overhead issue. For example, 
 > use pre-computed bitmaps instead of that astoundingly inefficient 

if this is true (re:  the current implementation), then it sure
seems like the current visual paradigm could be mostly preserved,
but in a way that might be much cheaper to render.  [1]

paul
[1] says he who hasn't even looked at the problem.
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