On Wed, May 04, 2011 at 08:46:58AM -0600, Rob Oakes wrote:
> Hi Enrico,
> 
> > I think that more attention should be put in the memory footprint. I have
> > the impression that LyX is becoming a bloatware.
> 
> How so? Are you referring to just the memory imprint or the feature set as
> well? (Bloatware means many things to different people.)

More or less, I mean what wikipedia [1] has to say on the subject:

Software bloat is a term used to describe the tendency of newer computer
programs to have a larger installation footprint, or have many unnecessary
features that are not used by end users, or just generally use more system
resources than necessary, while offering little or no benefit to its users.

[1] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Software_bloat

-- 
Enrico

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