Statistics: Posted by Jimking — May 14th, 2013, 6:11 pm
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I just tried it out, it worked !!
• selected Edit
• highlighted "rotator1"
• went to "Animate"
• to "Switch Animation"
• changed value (slider) from 0.30 to 1.50
• refreshed widgets, I can indeed see a difference
• changed value from 1.50 to 0.10 just to see
• refreshed and wow, that's a massive difference!
Edit: I just tried Debug Mode and checked the Task Manager / Perfmon.
Very interesting results, thanks for that!
Statistics: Posted by Cov — May 14th, 2013, 6:05 pm
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Normally a widget has to consume 0%!!!
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pm: The only way to check the CPU during your design, just press "Debug" and then open the task manager (Alt/Crtl/Delete and check the values of XWTest.exe and the rest XW processes)
Statistics: Posted by Jimking — May 14th, 2013, 5:47 pm
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would you know what method I could use to find out the exact CPU load for each gadget?
Actually, if smoother movements really causes more CPU utilization, then that'd be alright with me.
See, I have lots of different gadgets on my desktop all the time and in idle, my CPU load shows approx 8%.
Regarding the accuracy, if I compare the two gauges from the video, I still prefer the movements on the left hand side.
If the widgets show the actual digital numbers next to the analog display, 100% accuracy of the needle is not important anymore.
Whether it's gauges or bars, the user only gets an estimate impression anyway. And actually for me it's all about the visuals.
Statistics: Posted by Cov — May 14th, 2013, 5:12 pm
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Edit:
Check better and you'll see that the left widget loose values!
Statistics: Posted by Jimking — May 14th, 2013, 4:52 pm
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I like to suggest enabling smoother movements of needles.
Here is a video, where you see a Windows Standard Gadget on the left and an xwidget on the right for comparison:
The needle of the CPU Monitor Gauge (RAM on the bottom) moves significant smoother than the one on the right.
Statistics: Posted by Cov — May 14th, 2013, 3:56 pm
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