Abstract: Technologies are disclosed for providing developers with rule output indicating that issues are or may be present in the code they are developing. Such rule output can include or be accompanied by guidelines and/or best practices structured to aid developers in becoming aware of and resolving the issues. In one example, this involves identifying the issues, making available a mechanism of further investigating the issues, and providing best practices and/or recommended solutions for the issues. Finally, the technologies disclosed may automate application of the recommended solutions. The notifications and accompanying guidance/automation and the like can be provided at design-time, compile-time, and/or run-time with the notifications and accompanying guidance/automation integrated into editors, compilers, debuggers, and other development environment tools providing true real-time and in situ development experience.

Abstract: Technologies are disclosed for providing developers with rule output indicating that issues are or may be present in the code they are developing. Such rule output can include or be accompanied by guidelines and/or best practices structured to aid developers in becoming aware of and resolving the issues. In one example, this involves identifying the issues, making available a mechanism of further investigating the issues, and providing best practices and/or recommended solutions for the issues. Finally, the technologies disclosed may automate application of the recommended solutions. The notifications and accompanying guidance/automation and the like can be provided at design-time, compile-time, and/or run-time with the notifications and accompanying guidance/automation integrated into editors, compilers, debuggers, and other development environment tools providing true real-time and in situ development experience.

Abstract: A method for displaying continuous video content on a mobile phone LCD renders plural source video textures as consecutive surfaces on the display. A hardware scaler, rather than a general purpose graphical processing unit (GPU), is used to render a particular surface whenever possible, because it uses less battery power than the GPU. The method determines if the hardware scaler is capable of rendering a particular surface and if the particular surface is to be rendered with one or more additional images derived from a source other than a source video texture. The hardware scaler renders surfaces, including any additional images, if it is capable of doing so; otherwise the GPU renders the surface. The method is applied dynamically to each video texture in a video session, so that the manner of rendering each surface, whether by using the hardware scaler or the GPU, can change from surface to surface.

Abstract: In a low-power device a runtime hands video capture and other markup language video objects to a video service, which renders them onto a shared surface. An application-specific compositor manipulates the shared surface, e.g., by texture wrapping or animation. A system compositor composites the manipulated shared surface with other data, such as rendered frames from other application-specific compositors and/or computer generated text. The device then displays the attendant rendered, manipulated, and composited video frames. In some cases, only a single copy of the shared surface is utilized. When the video object's shape, alignment, and opacity satisfy predetermined criteria, the video service renders the video object onto the shared surface using a hardware scaler; otherwise, rendering is done without using the hardware scaler.

Abstract: A programmable effects system for graphical user interfaces is disclosed. One embodiment comprises receiving one or more effect elements to apply to an element in a graphical user interface for a device, ordering the effect elements in a pipeline of operations, and storing the pipeline of operations in an effect template. Then, after the graphics hardware capability for a device is determined, the effect template may be used to create a shader that includes supported effects to render an element in the graphical user interface.

Abstract: A method for displaying continuous video content on a mobile phone LCD renders plural source video textures as consecutive surfaces on the display. A hardware scaler, rather than a general purpose graphical processing unit (GPU), is used to render a particular surface whenever possible, because it uses less battery power than the GPU. The method determines if the hardware scaler is capable of rendering a particular surface and if the particular surface is to be rendered with one or more additional images derived from a source other than a source video texture. The hardware scaler renders surfaces, including any additional images, if it is capable of doing so; otherwise the GPU renders the surface. The method is applied dynamically to each video texture in a video session, so that the manner of rendering each surface, whether by using the hardware scaler or the GPU, can change from surface to surface.

Abstract: In a low-power device a runtime hands video capture and other markup language video objects to a video service, which renders them onto a shared surface. An application-specific compositor manipulates the shared surface, e.g., by texture wrapping or animation. A system compositor composites the manipulated shared surface with other data, such as rendered frames from other application-specific compositors and/or computer generated text. The device then displays the attendant rendered, manipulated, and composited video frames. In some cases, only a single copy of the shared surface is utilized. When the video object's shape, alignment, and opacity satisfy predetermined criteria, the video service renders the video object onto the shared surface using a hardware scaler; otherwise, rendering is done without using the hardware scaler.

Abstract: A procedure identifies multiple threads associated with a process and pauses execution of a first thread associated with the process. A determination is made regarding whether the first thread is attempting to access a first resource. If the first thread is attempting to access a first resource, the procedure identifies a second thread that has locked the first resource and determines whether the second thread is attempting to access a second resource that is locked by the first thread. A deadlock is identified if the second thread is attempting to access a second resource that is locked by the first thread.

Abstract: A programmable effects system for graphical user interfaces is disclosed. One embodiment comprises receiving one or more effect elements to apply to an element in a graphical user interface for a device, ordering the effect elements in a pipeline of operations, and storing the pipeline of operations in an effect template. Then, after the graphics hardware capability for a device is determined, the effect template may be used to create a shader that includes supported effects to render an element in the graphical user interface.

Abstract: A procedure identifies multiple threads associated with a process and pauses execution of a first thread associated with the process. A determination is made regarding whether the first thread is attempting to access a first resource. If the first thread is attempting to access a first resource, the procedure identifies a second thread that has locked the first resource and determines whether the second thread is attempting to access a second resource that is locked by the first thread. A deadlock is identified if the second thread is attempting to access a second resource that is locked by the first thread.