XPost: comp.sys.mac.advocacy, misc.phone.mobile.iphone   
   From: nospam@nospam.invalid   
      
   In article <090320231302314478%nospam@nospam.invalid>, nospam   
    wrote:   
      
   > > > a very bored app developer could write an app that queried and   
   > > > displayed that value, although that won't actually be of much use for   
   > > > one very obvious reason (which i doubt the usual suspects will figure   
   > > > out).   
   > >   
   > > Since I am not a clueless Kiddie Troll - and have 40 years of programming   
   > > experience in multiple languages - yes the reason is obvious.   The very   
   > > act of displaying this info, say in a tachometer-style round gauge with a   
   > > needle moving around showing the refresh rate - is going to affect the   
   > > refresh rate.   
   >   
   > good guess. but actually that's not why :)   
      
   nobody else has guessed.   
      
   the reason is simple: iphone apps are full-screen.   
      
   that means that when the user switches to another app (such as a game   
   with a faster rate, or an email app with a slower rate), the app that   
   has the rate display will be in the background and no longer visible.   
      
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