Re: Testers needed for TV benchmark

[david(at)dfanning.com (David Fanning)]

Karl Schultz writes:
 
> Even when the X server implementation is better, that is, the
> off-screen pixmaps are faster, this can cause confusing benchmark
> results since the copy times can vary in hard-to-describe ways.

In my experience, nearly everything about pixmaps
is hard to describe. :-(

Certainly it is hard to explain why a program
works on *your* computer, but not your boss's
computer, which was ordered from the supplier
on the same PO and from the same computer
manufacturer. 

That's why I always confine any explanation to
*small* animations and lots of hand-waving.

Cheers,

David

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