I See

David Empson wrote:
> Allistar <me@hiddenaddress.com> wrote:
>
>> nospam wrote:
>>
>>> In article <bpydncOMz_TNTuPRnZ2dnUVZ_gqdnZ2d@giganews.com>, Allistar
>>> <me@hiddenaddress.com> wrote:
>>>
>>>>>> it appears on Cydia. I was thinking how annoying it is to keep
>>>>>> closing down all the open "links" on the multitasking bar one by
>>>>>> one. Just popped up an app that closes them all at once with one
>>>>>> push of my choice. Nothing major, but one more reason I'm happy
>>>>>> being jailbroken.
>>>>>
>>>>> I don't bother to close them; don't see the need.
>>>>
>>>> I would have expected a running app to be automatically closed
>>>> after a certain amount of time of not being used (say, 5 minutes?)
>>>> What's the logic in leaving them open (or at least, having them
>>>> appear in the running tasks list)?
>>>
>>> apps are suspended, so it doesn't matter if it's 5 minutes or 5
>>> days. they are not running, except for specific types of apps such
>>> as background audio or gps navigation.
>>>
>>> the list is not running tasks, it's recently used apps. the user
>>> might want to go back to an app they used the day or week before,
>>> and since it's suspended, it instantly resumes. if it had been shut
>>> down, it would need to relaunch, which is slower.
>>
>> Which implies that every app on that list is consuming a certain
>> amount of resources.
>
> Except that they may not be (apart from the simple list keeping track
> of which apps have been launched, which has barely any overhead).
>
> The app will only be suspended and held in RAM for as long as it suits
> the OS to do so. If the OS needs the memory for something else (such
> as the user running another memory hungry app), suspended apps are
> dumped from RAM and will have to be relaunched from flash if the user
> switches back to them.
>
>> It would be nice to be able to control it so those resources were
>> freed when the app is closed. When I run an app for the first time
>> on my iPhone, I don't notice any delay - it's pretty much instant.
>
> For apps which can run in the background, I agree it would be nice to
> at least have an indication that it is running.
>
> For suspended apps, there is no need to be concerned at all.

Is there no-one here with a motherfucking clue ?