| From: | Nicholaus Darley-Jones |
| Date: | 29 Jul 2001 at 11:42:54 |
| Subject: | Re: Slight Slowdown when using VisualPrefs and Birdie.. |
Hello Sam
On 29-Jul-01, you wrote:
> What I mean is that when you open a new window (DOpus filelister for
> example), it opens deselected,
I can't open windows deselected here :-(
> then redraws it selected (split second).
> Thing is though, in the time that it is refreshing the window to the
> active state it 'locks' the pointer from movement while it does it, thus
> making the system feel unresponsive :-/ (Also get the same if you select a
> previously inactive window for the first time)
I sorta understand but I can't say I have had the problem here. The only
thing I get like that is when you open a drawer containing files that are
'viewed by name' and the system halts (but not the poiter), but that is
normal IIRC.
I would assume that if the whole system freezes (including the pointer) then
the task it is currently doing is higher than everything else. Therefore I
assume that lowering this 'task' to a value lower than the mouse pointers
would solve it?
> Hrm.. hope that makes sense.
I'm stil little confused.
> Anyway, anyone have any ideas on how to stop the slight pause?
I would assume that tweeking your multitasking with a program like Executive
'might' help.
> I have the correct settings in VisualPrefs as far as I know
> (dont optimise border rendering and two env settings)
I have disabled VisualPrefs because of the noticable slowdown here but
stiull use Birdie. The only way you can make Birdie go faster is to used
optimised patterns. By that I mean using small patterns, with the least
colours as possible, which should result with a small file.
The patterns I am currently using are .jpg files and between 2 and 3k in
size. When I was using AGA I used .iff patterns with only 10 colours.
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