I don't mind having to run liqbase in performance mode, but I have no need for it while I'm not running it. So maybe a setting to automatically turn on performance mode at startup and return to default on exit?

I considered this when I first wrote the application and attempted to implement it.
However what is default?
Do I return the mode to whatever it was when I started running the application?
Do I return it to a fixed "ondemand" setting?
What happens if I cannot change it back?
What happens if a different piece of software changes the default outside of liqbase?
What happens if liqbase crashes?

How doesthe user know what mode it will be in depending upon what situation hes in.
You are considering the performance setting, but I have found myself setting to "powersave" prior to closing and locking my device - I want to ensure my battery lasts maximum possible duration and want it to be left afterwards.

A lot more questions and complications arise than simply giving the option to revert it which is why I left the setting as open as possible.

I understand the desire to return to some setting and if consensus agrees will put in place a "try to return to 'XXXX' when closing" option somewhere in the system.



As an aside, for a long time I ran a modified version of acmonitor which would set the ondemand/performance automatically when the nokia detected Charging/Battery status. this worked better than anything I could come up with for a single app.

Thanks for pointing out performance mode, lcuk.

OpenOffice is actually quite usable in performance mode!

Lots of applications benefit from it.
It gives a general snappyness that is much needed

Have you found the bacon yet?

Well, a quick grep in the source code tells me where I would find the bacon but I don't want to find it :P

Yes, and I would love to leave the bacon-mode running... it makes a nice clock. But the screen goes dark just after the "more bacon" message, and when I tap the screen, it goes back to the menu... sigh...

Well, if you put 2 options: 'on startup, switch to X mode' and 'on exit, switch to Y mode' (by default, probably set performance on startup and return to the default, ondemand, on exit). I think that should cover most use cases... if it crashes now it leaves you running in the state it was, so it wouldn't be any different from that. Can anyone think of a counter-example? Does any other piece of software attempt to change this as well?

Cheers.

gregorovius, only the custom version of acmonitor I have here does this I think.

I extended it to forcefully switch between.
I suppose though with your options I could simply choose "leave it as it is" and have it remain calm.

Until I get comboboxes created it may have to wait however, I'm up to my armpits in style instances and am just putting them all into order.

Side effect of this, I've reverted to the slide in menu, because the changes I had made changed the usable speed of the menus to "bloody hell that was too quick"

The strange screen behaviour is back
While drawing I get corrupted screen (from black background everything turns purple and some "noise lines" randomly appear), exiting and launching the program again seems to fix it...

hmmm, "back" you say, how long was it gone for and have you been using liqbase in the intermediate period?