Hi Dave, runs fine on Windows 10 64bit machine
Paolo 2018-01-23 22:55 GMT+01:00 Barrington-Hughes, Alan < alan_barrington-hug...@premierinc.com>: > Thanks Dave for positing this different approach to eliminate some of the > Qt rendering overhead. > > > > I can say, running on a 2017 mac book pro (10.13.2), the speed improvement > is noticeable. The increased speed that tree nodes expand and result grids > present are very appreciated. > > > > I am hoping that a next step would be present the UI loaded from > 1.27.0.0.1 within a pgAdmin4 branded window, as Command-Tabbing to pgAdmin4 > is preferable to finding a Safari window amongst the numerous Safari > windows/tabs I usually have open. > > > > Keep up the good work and thanks! > > > > Alan > > > > *From: *Dave Page <dp...@pgadmin.org> > *Date: *Tuesday, January 23, 2018 at 9:48 AM > *To: *"pgadmin-hackers@lists.postgresql.org" <pgadmin-hackers@lists. > postgresql.org>, "pgadmin-support lists.postgresql.org" < > pgadmin-supp...@lists.postgresql.org> > *Subject: *Request for feedback: Alternate desktop runtime architecture > > > > ****This email did not originate from the Premier, Inc. network. Use > caution when opening attachments or clicking on URLs.***** > > > . > > All, > > > > As you may know, the most troublesome part of pgAdmin 4 has been the > desktop runtime application, which has relied on QtWebKit and QtWebEngine > (of various origins and versions) to render the UI as part of the Qt > framework. > > > > This has caused performance issues, rendering issues with remote desktop > sessions, keyboard navigation issues and more. It probably accounts for 25% > or more of the bugs reports we deal with. > > > > Unfortunately, whilst there are alternatives to Qt for this purpose, none > that we've found are mature enough for our purposes, and would require a > significant amount of effort to add the features we would need to support > pgAdmin. > > > > I've therefore been experimenting with another approach in which pgAdmin > is rendered in a regular web browser when running in desktop mode. Like > some other similar applications, a server process is launched and lives in > the system tray, from where it can be shutdown at any time, or new windows > opened. When it is first started, it will launch a browser window to render > pgAdmin automatically. If additional instances are launched, the previously > running instance will be re-used to avoid wasting resources. > > > > This is a proof of concept at the moment, for which I would appreciate any > feedback. Windows and Mac builds can be found here: > > > > https://developer.pgadmin.org/~dpage/runtime-revamp/ > <https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__developer.pgadmin.org_-7Edpage_runtime-2Drevamp_&d=DwMFaQ&c=2Nw3fMGo2X8W9N0cgJ8QEE6dJUdSW43Zo0sycqQq3H0&r=JXlHlKf8Hjakso54E_rGKblOv3Fth6Zevxm0R26zlGKmuafRJMMVOJj3dLMEx0vS&m=ACN3e71f7SJdKIeZAB5L9A4jDK8uvdvS-ulJTS4dxxI&s=Soj3O5-FV6D5zJC-PSpUtgSVG77QDwhdVUfE-_O-g_g&e=> > > > > and the GIT branch can be found here: > > > > https://git.postgresql.org/gitweb/?p=pgadmin4.git;a= > shortlog;h=refs/heads/runtime-revamp > <https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__git.postgresql.org_gitweb_-3Fp-3Dpgadmin4.git-3Ba-3Dshortlog-3Bh-3Drefs_heads_runtime-2Drevamp&d=DwMFaQ&c=2Nw3fMGo2X8W9N0cgJ8QEE6dJUdSW43Zo0sycqQq3H0&r=JXlHlKf8Hjakso54E_rGKblOv3Fth6Zevxm0R26zlGKmuafRJMMVOJj3dLMEx0vS&m=ACN3e71f7SJdKIeZAB5L9A4jDK8uvdvS-ulJTS4dxxI&s=rB2Kue2Z5KFrB2uwPRn0s_JG8n3a5EKaARL2NFBeGb8&e=> > > > > Thanks! > > > > -- > > Dave Page > Blog: http://pgsnake.blogspot.com > <https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=http-3A__pgsnake.blogspot.com&d=DwMFaQ&c=2Nw3fMGo2X8W9N0cgJ8QEE6dJUdSW43Zo0sycqQq3H0&r=JXlHlKf8Hjakso54E_rGKblOv3Fth6Zevxm0R26zlGKmuafRJMMVOJj3dLMEx0vS&m=ACN3e71f7SJdKIeZAB5L9A4jDK8uvdvS-ulJTS4dxxI&s=rD0UBDGzR82B1LgXezaBFlTzJ7cuI410jd-F7szQWOo&e=> > Twitter: @pgsnake > > EnterpriseDB UK: http://www.enterprisedb.com > <https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=http-3A__www.enterprisedb.com&d=DwMFaQ&c=2Nw3fMGo2X8W9N0cgJ8QEE6dJUdSW43Zo0sycqQq3H0&r=JXlHlKf8Hjakso54E_rGKblOv3Fth6Zevxm0R26zlGKmuafRJMMVOJj3dLMEx0vS&m=ACN3e71f7SJdKIeZAB5L9A4jDK8uvdvS-ulJTS4dxxI&s=-9z2wYFebEldPgVCqZnsKHZKM689NT1iiYKVlHW-Ppk&e=> > The Enterprise PostgreSQL Company >
