Visit this web site to check out your computer’s ability to handle 60 frame per second. It displays two columns of text that are scrolling upwards – at 60 fps on the left and 30 fps on the right. The one on the left should appear to scroll smoothly while the one on the right will be a bit choppy due to the lower frame rate: UFO Test: Vertical Scrolling Text.
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Google intros subtle “three dimensionality” to Android user interface
It’s subtle – page to the bottom to see the sample user interface: What is Google’s Material Design for Android? Appvigil – Android App Security Scanner.
The software API’s provide new “shadow” features to enhance the Z-axis “elevation” dimension of a control or window. Details of the feature are available from Google.
These effects are – so far – very subtle. I am not sure of the point of this – its a basic element of graphic design that was used in software more than 25 years ago.
An “API” is an “application programming interface”. Operating systems – such as Android, Windows or Mac OS X – expose features to application programs through an interface, known as an “application programming interface” or just API.
WSJ reports that GoPro will sell its own R/C aircraft camera platforms in 2015
R/C=”radio controlled” is the historical and appropriate name: GoPro Developing Line of Consumer Drones – WSJ.
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