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salass00 wrote:The limpid clock display is an app icon so it uses whatever the WB uses for rendering its icons.

No, it's not. It was made with WB 3.1 in mind and animated app icons did not exist then. LimpidClock is just a normal window. It only stores the graphics "behind" the window before it opens, so that transparency can be simulated.

I admit it needs a lot CPU time for drawing. But I don't see how a drawing program can make the mouse pointer jerky or something. It uses Blt#?, Area#?, Text and if antialiasing is enabled for the clock it also used Read/WritePixelArray. No explicit lock or so.

If LimpidClock needs updating, somebody first has to explain what needs to be updated. I think I don't need to mention that I do not experience jerkyness.

@Thomas

"that I do not experience jerkyness."

With LimpidClock under OS4 FE ?

I don't use LimpidClock but nevertheless I experience jerky mouse under FE (and not under 4.1.6)...

Hi,

Bumping this topic since I've just installed a Radeon HD 7770 in my X1000 to take advantage of Warp3D (thus replacing my Radeon HD 4650). And I'm now experiencing again the jerky mouse trouble when CPU hits 100%. My card is about the same as zzd10h's.

Is someone working on this specific topic ?

thomasrapp wrote:

salass00 wrote:The limpid clock display is an app icon so it uses whatever the WB uses for rendering its icons.

No, it's not. It was made with WB 3.1 in mind and animated app icons did not exist then. LimpidClock is just a normal window. It only stores the graphics "behind" the window before it opens, so that transparency can be simulated.

I admit it needs a lot CPU time for drawing. But I don't see how a drawing program can make the mouse pointer jerky or something. It uses Blt#?, Area#?, Text and if antialiasing is enabled for the clock it also used Read/WritePixelArray. No explicit lock or so.

If LimpidClock needs updating, somebody first has to explain what needs to be updated. I think I don't need to mention that I do not experience jerkyness.

Please add full transparency in Limpid Clock

K-L wrote:Hi,

Bumping this topic since I've just installed a Radeon HD 7770 in my X1000 to take advantage of Warp3D (thus replacing my Radeon HD 4650). And I'm now experiencing again the jerky mouse trouble when CPU hits 100%. My card is about the same as zzd10h's.

Is someone working on this specific topic ?

Good question, is someone works / reproduced this annoying problem ?
Thank you os4 devs (at least for a reply)

I don't have limpidclock installed, but lots of Dockies that do real time display (zDockies)

I experience the jerky/sticky/jumpy mouse behaviour aswell, but only when i compile something which maxes the cpu.

Not sure if it's related, but i don't remember having such issues before FE.

SFS on all partitions except the boot.of one

zzd10h wrote: ...

Good question, is someone works / reproduced this annoying problem ?
Thank you os4 devs (at least for a reply)

I'm sorry to discover that you guys never got a confirmation of this issue from OS4 beta testers/devs. So, let me confirm: yes, beta testers have replicated this issue, and yes, it has been logged (a while back).

K-L guessed right, it is DMA (and text rendering) related. I can't say when a fix will be released, sorry.

Hans

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Hans wrote:

zzd10h wrote: ...

Good question, is someone works / reproduced this annoying problem ?
Thank you os4 devs (at least for a reply)

I'm sorry to discover that you guys never got a confirmation of this issue from OS4 beta testers/devs. So, let me confirm: yes, beta testers have replicated this issue, and yes, it has been logged (a while back).

K-L guessed right, it is DMA (and text rendering) related. I can't say when a fix will be released, sorry.

Hans

Thanks for your answer. Happy holidays !

@Hans

Ah, finally, we were not crazy
Thank you for your confirmation.