Comments on: Foot, bullet, and maybe Apple is smarter than that? http://warpedvisions.org/2008/03/15/foot-bullet-and-maybe-apple-is-smarter-than-that/ A technical tumblelog of links and articles on programming, design, and other geek interests Fri, 21 Nov 2008 06:38:23 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.3 By: mx http://warpedvisions.org/2008/03/15/foot-bullet-and-maybe-apple-is-smarter-than-that/#comment-17013 mx Sun, 16 Mar 2008 17:23:47 +0000 http://warpedvisions.org/2008/03/15/foot-bullet-and-maybe-apple-is-smarter-than-that/#comment-17013 <p>Well, that's what I'm suggesting: that some subset of the event portions of background processing may already be in the works (it's at least one way to solve the problem). If you boil down what background tasks are used for, maybe there's a more manageable subset that could be implemented without full background process support. I can imagine a few ways at least.</p> <p>To contrast, though, the Wii doesn't allow background tasks, and the iPhone/Touch are really equivalent tools. It's hard to provide everything in a device, and make it great.</p> Well, that’s what I’m suggesting: that some subset of the event portions of background processing may already be in the works (it’s at least one way to solve the problem). If you boil down what background tasks are used for, maybe there’s a more manageable subset that could be implemented without full background process support. I can imagine a few ways at least.

To contrast, though, the Wii doesn’t allow background tasks, and the iPhone/Touch are really equivalent tools. It’s hard to provide everything in a device, and make it great.

]]> By: Ian Betteridge http://warpedvisions.org/2008/03/15/foot-bullet-and-maybe-apple-is-smarter-than-that/#comment-17012 Ian Betteridge Sun, 16 Mar 2008 10:22:35 +0000 http://warpedvisions.org/2008/03/15/foot-bullet-and-maybe-apple-is-smarter-than-that/#comment-17012 <p>"Full background processing is a bad idea on a quality phone/mp3 player..." Yes - but the problem is that Apple has gone to the other extreme, and said <em>no</em> background processes. There are ways of managing background processes which don't mean major performance impacts.</p> “Full background processing is a bad idea on a quality phone/mp3 player…”
Yes - but the problem is that Apple has gone to the other extreme, and said no background processes. There are ways of managing background processes which don’t mean major performance impacts.

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