Re: RISC OS: Squeezed executable

2012-10-15 Thread Harriet Bazley
On 14 Oct 2012 as I do recall, Rob Kendrick wrote: > On Sun, Oct 14, 2012 at 01:29:33PM +0100, Martin Bazley wrote: > > The thing which is *really* annoying about using NetSurf on a USB drive > > is the enormous amount of time it takes to quit - up to thirty seconds > > on a bad day! [s

Re: RISC OS: Squeezed executable

2012-10-14 Thread Michael Drake
In article , Chris Young wrote: > On Sun, 14 Oct 2012 14:31:48 +0100, Rob Kendrick wrote: > Is this a RISC OS-only feature, as thumbnails get lost here after > quitting? Yes, but it's broken on RISC OS anyway. -- Michael Drake (tlsa) http://www.netsurf-browser.org/

Re: RISC OS: Squeezed executable

2012-10-14 Thread Chris Young
On Sun, 14 Oct 2012 14:31:48 +0100, Rob Kendrick wrote: > > I'm at a loss to understand exactly what 'bitmaps' NetSurf could have > > 'modified' in the course of the session, or where it's 'saving' them to. > > All I know is that this is a horrendously inefficient operation! > > They're probably

Re: RISC OS: Squeezed executable

2012-10-14 Thread Rob Kendrick
On Sun, Oct 14, 2012 at 02:08:09PM +, Tony Moore wrote: > On 13 Oct 2012, Rob Kendrick wrote: > > [snip] > > > I'd like some feedback on this. Specifically; > > > > - Are people noticing any difference in load times? > > SARPC / RISC OS 6.20: >netsurf-2012-10-02_20-23-02 17 secon

Re: RISC OS: Squeezed executable

2012-10-14 Thread Tony Moore
On 13 Oct 2012, Rob Kendrick wrote: [snip] > I'd like some feedback on this. Specifically; > > - Are people noticing any difference in load times? SARPC / RISC OS 6.20: netsurf-2012-10-02_20-23-02 17 seconds NetSurf #461 15 seconds. RPCEmu 0.8.9 / RISC OS 4.39:

Re: RISC OS: Squeezed executable

2012-10-14 Thread Rob Kendrick
On Sun, Oct 14, 2012 at 01:29:33PM +0100, Martin Bazley wrote: > The thing which is *really* annoying about using NetSurf on a USB drive > is the enormous amount of time it takes to quit - up to thirty seconds > on a bad day! This seems to be dependent on the amount of browsing done > beforehand.

Re: RISC OS: Squeezed executable

2012-10-14 Thread Martin Bazley
The following bytes were arranged on 13 Oct 2012 by cj : > In article <20121013172217.gg7...@pepperfish.net>, >Rob Kendrick wrote: > > I would expect to see the most significant improvement on a > > StrongARM RiscPC using the on-board IDE where the IO is a > > significant bottleneck and time

Re: RISC OS: Squeezed executable

2012-10-13 Thread cj
In article <20121013172217.gg7...@pepperfish.net>, Rob Kendrick wrote: > I would expect to see the most significant improvement on a > StrongARM RiscPC using the on-board IDE where the IO is a > significant bottleneck and time to decompress insignificant. I would think there would be a signifi

RISC OS: Squeezed executable

2012-10-13 Thread Rob Kendrick
Hi, We recently ported the Squeeze executable compressor to run natively under Linux so we could squeeze the NetSurf !RunImage. This shrinks the size of it from around 6.6MB to around 3.8MB. I'd like some feedback on this. Specifically; - Are people noticing any difference in load time