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Just an observation that prompted a question. It seems that the N900 GUI is usable, at a "good enough" level. However, why isn't it silky smooth, highly responsive? Already running power kernel, OCed, lubed.

One simple example is UI redraw when starting an application. I understand that the animation can be tweak so that the animation stage can complete in, say, 50ms. But graphically, looking at it, it never seem smooth. It aways seem to appear as step-by-step redraw...anyone else feel the same?
 

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Reflash your phone/remove junk thoroughly and kill all that lubbing (leave OC kernel though). My n900 was running slow after I fooled with extras-devel apps. Now I'm more carefull. No glitches, everything is silky smooth. works better than Vibrant that i used to have.

UI on first androids sucked big time. Was slow and glitchy. I had G1... what a nightmare that was.
 
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Mine runs fine at 600mhz
 
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Maybe I should clarify the current state of my N900. It's been completely reflashed (no error, no glitches). There's nothing extra on the system other than additional repos, power kernel & lube.

I currently also own an old HTC Magic, a new-ish (last year) Samsung Galaxy S, a Galaxy Tab.
 
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@azkay,

Glad to hear you're happy with yours. Can you verify one thing for me if you don't mind.

From the applications icon screen, start the Media Player. Upon starting hte Media Player, do you see the black, solid hard edge rectangle being redraw on the screen...as a maximizing animation. This maximizing redraw on my N900, though fast, is not "smooth". The stepping of the rectangle being redrawn is not linear, nor exponential...but rather, quite "jerky".
 
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Have you tried MaeModder with HWSync of Hildon / Hildon acceleration and dscobsct custom transitions? Maybe it's just my imagination, but at least I have a feeling that these mods made my non-overclocked N900 smoother.

http://talk.maemo.org/showthread.php?t=67989
 
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smooth...ness can be built over time. If nokia keep working on the os. It may not be that smooth, but the way the user interface works with MTask and the way to close apps is far suppior to any other mobile os.

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Hildon itself is quite smooth, it's not the OS's fault, but the PVR's drivers and limitations.
 

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Originally Posted by chatbox View Post
@azkay,

Glad to hear you're happy with yours. Can you verify one thing for me if you don't mind.

From the applications icon screen, start the Media Player. Upon starting hte Media Player, do you see the black, solid hard edge rectangle being redraw on the screen...as a maximizing animation. This maximizing redraw on my N900, though fast, is not "smooth". The stepping of the rectangle being redrawn is not linear, nor exponential...but rather, quite "jerky".
Hi Chatbox

Mine also runs smooth as a baby's bottom at 600mhz...

I see nothing like you describe above, for me it just starts - smooth, quick and ready...

Dan
 

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the only way to feel almost as android and ios user is by using opera mobiel 11. it is damn smooth. beside that, i know what you mean. N900 is very powerfull but its not as visually atractive as other new oses.
i didnt overclook because my n900 is almost new and i am woried about my warranty

wouldnt it be possible to use drivers from meego on maemo?
 

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