Remember what I wrote about Qt 4.2 back then? Well now KDE 4.2 also reached it. Rock on!
Monthly Archives:: January 2009
Qt, not QT
Qt, the application framework from Qt Software is written as Qt (capital Q). It is not written as QT (capital Q, capital T). QT can refer to a lot of other things, e.g. Apple QuickTime. The official pronunciation of Qt is "cute". It is not pronounced as "cue tea".
Qt::CheatTransform
Qt::CheatTransform was supposed to be a joke in Qt Developer Days graphics talk (though some people took it seriously). It still resembles the idea of blazing-fast by cheating whenever you can. Basically this is about creating a thumbnail preview of a large image in an optimized way. Downscaling an image is usually done using QImage::scaled()… Read more »
wisdom of the week
Klug zu reden ist doch schwer, klug zu schweigen noch viel mehr. English: To talk cleverly is difficult, to hold the tongue cleverly is even more.
secrets, a sign, a reason
Let us start with a comparison (longer is better): If you see the my latest graphics example: 50% scaling of (A)RGB32 image, you will find a 10x faster way (compared to QImage::scaled() function) to downscale an image to the half its original size, of course with (approximately) the same visual quality as when you use… Read more »
enlightment of the week
You would know someone better, not from the way he treats his friends, but rather the way he deals with his enemies.
