Re: Comparative speed in switching among groups

Many thanks to Richard, for his interesting results and for the reminder that speed testing is pretty easy. I ran a similar test on a slightly different task--flipping among 50 different groups, or 50 different cards--and got similar results. Adding a “lock messages” sped up the card option by

Re: Comparative speed in switching among groups

Alex Tweedly wrote: > On 27/11/2023 00:02, ambassador--- via use-livecode wrote: >> I suspect most layouts won't encounter this much of a difference. After all, >> I did choose the elements I could put together quickly with rendering >> impairment >> in mind. > > But there is another considerat

Re: Comparative speed in switching among groups

On 27/11/2023 00:02, ambassador--- via use-livecode wrote: An excuse to benchmark? Sure, I'll bite. :) :=).  Beat me to it. But boy oh boy was I surprised by the difference. Bottom line, in millisecs for just 5 iterations on an M1 Mac: Groups: 141 Cards: 13619 Wow! I suspect most layou

Re: Comparative speed in switching among groups

An excuse to benchmark? Sure, I'll bite. :) I didn't test the third option because I feel confident we'd find it similar to the second but with the extra overhead of object/memory allocation. My hunch was that groups would be faster than cards, because everthing needs to be unpacked and ready

Re: Comparative speed in switching among groups

Hi David, We made an app development environment that does this. It is very fast and comes with some benefits. One is you can do a good swipe between screens. Feel free to try it and see what the performance is like. The link is below. Best regards, Mark Talluto appli.io

Re: Comparative speed in switching among groups

My understanding is that the second method of show/hide groups will be more efficient. Sent from my iPhone > On Nov 25, 2023, at 14:36, David Epstein via use-livecode > wrote: > > Does anyone have practical experience or an understanding of the engine that > would cast light on the relativ

Comparative speed in switching among groups

Does anyone have practical experience or an understanding of the engine that would cast light on the relative speed of some alternative ways of doing things? I want to switch among a number of different groups, each of which may contain its own fields, graphics, buttons, and images. Possible a