[Qt-interest] translation overhead on devices

[Constantin Makshin]

On Saturday 29 May 2010 12:52:04 pmqt71 wrote:
> Hi all,
> 
> I want to give translation support to my App, that is built for both desktop
> and mobiles.
> 
> The Win CE mobile version is actually not very fast, perhaps because I use
> the free Qt version with .DLLs deployed on the device.
Qt performance doesn't depend on what version you're using, free or commercial. Also, while Qt/WinCE applications taking a lot of time to load is a known (and, probably, unsolvable) problem, the overall performance is more than acceptable.

> I'd like your thoughts about the further overhead introducing the
> linguist/translation support.
Unless you try to update your GUI too often, the overhead is minimal. Usually the slowest part of a program is the user making his/her decisions, entering text and clicking buttons. :)

> thanks.
> pm