Re: Speed of loading NetSurf

2009-05-29 Thread Rob Kendrick
On Fri, 29 May 2009 18:29:03 +0100 Steve Fryatt wrote: > There's "temporary", and "temporary". Also, until someone (Adam > Richardson, IIRC) came up with Cache, RISC OS didn't have defined > "somewhere" to store "non-transient internal data that isn't > choices". As such, Scrap seems to be the

Re: Speed of loading NetSurf

2009-05-29 Thread Steve Fryatt
On 29 May, Paul Stewart wrote in message <54662.1243577...@phawfaux.co.uk>: > On Fri 29/05/09 00:12 , Rob Kendrick wrote: > > > And is another reason why people shouldn't keep !Scrap in a RAM disc, > > But isn't the whole idea of !Scrap, that all the files stored inside it > are temporary file

Re: Speed of loading NetSurf

2009-05-29 Thread Tony Moore
On 28 May 2009, Tony Moore wrote: [snip] > [I] didn't file a bug report. Perhaps I should do so now? Done https://sourceforge.net/tracker/?func=detail&aid=2798361&group_id=51719&atid=464312 Tony

Re: Speed of loading NetSurf

2009-05-29 Thread David J. Ruck
Paul Stewart wrote: But isn't the whole idea of !Scrap, that all the files stored inside it are temporary files? Therefore storing !Scrap in a RAMDisc would appear logical. That's as maybe, but putting !Scrap in a RAM disc is an archaic practice dating back to the use of RISC OS 2 and floppy

Re: Speed of loading NetSurf

2009-05-29 Thread Vince M Hudd
Paul Stewart wrote: > On Fri 29/05/09 00:12 , Rob Kendrick wrote: > > And is another reason why people shouldn't keep !Scrap in a RAM disc, > But isn't the whole idea of !Scrap, that all the files stored inside it > are temporary files? Therefore storing !Scrap in a RAMDisc would appear > logi

Re: Speed of loading NetSurf

2009-05-28 Thread Paul Stewart
On Fri 29/05/09 00:12 , Rob Kendrick wrote: > On Thu, 28 May 2009 19:44:31 +0100 > Steve Fryatt wrote: > > > Maybe font canning could be filtered? And also, once the fonts > have > > > been canned where is the data cached? Is it wasting space > somewhere > > > y retaining font data for fonts t

Re: Speed of loading NetSurf

2009-05-28 Thread Rob Kendrick
On Thu, 28 May 2009 19:44:31 +0100 Steve Fryatt wrote: > > Maybe font canning could be filtered? And also, once the fonts have > > been canned where is the data cached? Is it wasting space somewhere > > y retaining font data for fonts that will probably never be used? > > It's stored in !Scra

Re: Speed of loading NetSurf

2009-05-28 Thread Steve Fryatt
On 28 May, Mike Hobbs wrote in message <0f3d6fb4640334e3166743f34ffcad444aa63...@localhost>: > In message <28366c6250.roger...@rogerarm.freeuk.com> Roger wrote: > > > Loading/Running NetSurf (on an Iyonix at least) seems to take 30 > > seconds whereas running Oregano2 takes less that 3 seconds.

Re: Speed of loading NetSurf

2009-05-28 Thread Tony Moore
On 28 May 2009, Michael Drake wrote: > In article <715a976250.old_coas...@old_coaster.yahoo.co.uk>, >Tony Moore wrote: > > On 28 May 2009, Michael Drake wrote: > > > In article <55618f6250.roger...@rogerarm.freeuk.com>, > > >Roger Darlington wrote: > > > [snip] > > > > > This also promp

Re: Speed of loading NetSurf

2009-05-28 Thread Michael Drake
In article <715a976250.old_coas...@old_coaster.yahoo.co.uk>, Tony Moore wrote: > On 28 May 2009, Michael Drake wrote: > > In article <55618f6250.roger...@rogerarm.freeuk.com>, > >Roger Darlington wrote: > [snip] > > > This also prompted me to look in ScrapDirs.WWW.NetSurf.Cache. This >

Re: Speed of loading NetSurf

2009-05-28 Thread Roger Darlington
On 28 May 2009, Michael Drake wrote: > In article <55618f6250.roger...@rogerarm.freeuk.com>, >Roger Darlington wrote: > >> OK, have sent that privately Michael. > > Thanks. > >> This also prompted me to look in ScrapDirs.WWW.NetSurf.Cache. This >> contains a whopping 202MB in 5866 files.. >

Re: Speed of loading NetSurf

2009-05-28 Thread Tony Moore
On 28 May 2009, Michael Drake wrote: > In article <55618f6250.roger...@rogerarm.freeuk.com>, >Roger Darlington wrote: [snip] > > This also prompted me to look in ScrapDirs.WWW.NetSurf.Cache. This > > contains a whopping 202MB in 5866 files. > > The reason for the slow load and big cache is

Re: Speed of loading NetSurf

2009-05-28 Thread Michael Drake
In article <55618f6250.roger...@rogerarm.freeuk.com>, Roger Darlington wrote: > OK, have sent that privately Michael. Thanks. > This also prompted me to look in ScrapDirs.WWW.NetSurf.Cache. This > contains a whopping 202MB in 5866 files. The reason for the slow load and big cache is you ha

Re: Speed of loading NetSurf

2009-05-28 Thread Roger Darlington
On 28 May 2009, Michael Drake wrote: > In article <0a92786250.roger...@rogerarm.freeuk.com>, >Roger Darlington wrote: > >> Second response: >> Could it be the size of my NetSurf Memory cache, which is set at >> 6.4MB? > > That shouldn't matter. > > Please could you zip up and e-mail me the

Re: Speed of loading NetSurf

2009-05-28 Thread Michael Drake
In article <0a92786250.roger...@rogerarm.freeuk.com>, Roger Darlington wrote: > Second response: > Could it be the size of my NetSurf Memory cache, which is set at > 6.4MB? That shouldn't matter. Please could you zip up and e-mail me the contents of your Choices directory for NetSurf. You c

Re: Speed of loading NetSurf

2009-05-28 Thread Roger Darlington
On 28 May 2009, Michael Drake wrote: > In article <28366c6250.roger...@rogerarm.freeuk.com>, >Roger Darlington wrote: > >> Loading/Running NetSurf (on an Iyonix at least) seems to take 30 >> seconds whereas running Oregano2 takes less that 3 seconds. > > This can happen if you have a vast gl

Re: Speed of loading NetSurf

2009-05-28 Thread Roger Darlington
On 28 May 2009, Michael Drake wrote: > In article <28366c6250.roger...@rogerarm.freeuk.com>, >Roger Darlington wrote: > >> Loading/Running NetSurf (on an Iyonix at least) seems to take 30 >> seconds whereas running Oregano2 takes less that 3 seconds. > > This can happen if you have a vast gl

Re: Speed of loading NetSurf

2009-05-28 Thread Mike Hobbs
In message <28366c6250.roger...@rogerarm.freeuk.com> Roger wrote: > Loading/Running NetSurf (on an Iyonix at least) seems to take 30 > seconds whereas running Oregano2 takes less that 3 seconds. [I am not > including the time that NetSurf, when first run, uses looking at all > the fonts]. [snip]

Re: Speed of loading NetSurf

2009-05-28 Thread Russell Hafter - Lists
In article <52ef6d6250.wra...@wra1th.plus.com>, Gavin Wraith wrote: > In message <28366c6250.roger...@rogerarm.freeuk.com> you > wrote: > > Loading/Running NetSurf (on an Iyonix at least) seems > > to take 30 seconds whereas running Oregano2 takes less > > that 3 seconds. [I am not including the

Re: Speed of loading NetSurf

2009-05-28 Thread Michael Drake
In article <28366c6250.roger...@rogerarm.freeuk.com>, Roger Darlington wrote: > Loading/Running NetSurf (on an Iyonix at least) seems to take 30 > seconds whereas running Oregano2 takes less that 3 seconds. This can happen if you have a vast global history or collection of cookies. If you go

Re: Speed of loading NetSurf

2009-05-28 Thread Gavin Wraith
In message <28366c6250.roger...@rogerarm.freeuk.com> you wrote: > Loading/Running NetSurf (on an Iyonix at least) seems to take 30 > seconds whereas running Oregano2 takes less that 3 seconds. [I am not > including the time that NetSurf, when first run, uses looking at all > the fonts]. That is o

Speed of loading NetSurf

2009-05-28 Thread Roger Darlington
Loading/Running NetSurf (on an Iyonix at least) seems to take 30 seconds whereas running Oregano2 takes less that 3 seconds. [I am not including the time that NetSurf, when first run, uses looking at all the fonts]. Whilst I appreciate that the 10 times greater length of time spent running Ne