To comment on the following update, log in, then open the issue: http://www.openoffice.org/issues/show_bug.cgi?id=40932 Issue #:|40932 Summary:|Developers, please fix the OpenOffice startup problem Component:|Word processor Version:|680m69 Platform:|PC URL:| OS/Version:|All Status:|UNCONFIRMED Status whiteboard:| Keywords:| Resolution:| Issue type:|ENHANCEMENT Priority:|P3 Subcomponent:|code Assigned to:|mru Reported by:|punisher
------- Additional comments from [EMAIL PROTECTED] Tue Jan 18 20:37:39 -0800 2005 ------- Developers, The startup times for OpenOffice applications is incredibly slow, and addressing these may go a long way to addressing other performance related bug reports I will be filing once the next developer build arrives. I realize these have been reported before, but I have not yet seen a progression to a solution that does not rely on the âquickstarterâ approach. On my system, the following startup times are from a fresh start of the application following a reboot. It is meaningless to list 2nd, 3rd, etc. starts following boot, as these would include cached data. My system has ample RAM; thus, swapping is not an issue. Startup time (any OpenOffice app'): 35 to 41 seconds By comparison, the following is the startup time for Microsoft Word 2000 (on the same system): 1.5 seconds Note: I do not use quickstarter, because it is a band aid that unnecessarily consumes over 30 MB of RAM when the application is not even in use; thus, it is virtually no solution at all. Yes I have read countless arguments that some Microsoft Office components are a part of Windows; thus leading to the faster startup. While this might be marginally true, I do not believe it is significantly true. Consider for instance, that Adobe Acrobat Reader 7 loads in about 2.4 seconds. This compared to it historically OpenOffice-like startup times. While there is an Acrobat Reader 7 component called âAcrobat Reader Speed Launch,â that the application installed on my system, unlike OpenOffice I see no easily noticeable memory consumption, if any. Even RealNetworks and Mozilla were able to dramatically improve the startup times of their respective products, without the need for a quickstarter type solution. And even on Linux the startup time is just as slow. Therefore, I do not believe that the argument about Windows having preloaded libraries carries much weight - especially given that I do not experience better performance on Linux. While some may be experiencing faster OpenOffice startup times, not everyone runs super gigahertz systems with super fast SCSI or SATA storage configurations and CAS2 PC4200 RAM (yes, I am exaggerating, so no need for a startup times pissing contest. 8-) In the world of perception, first impressions matter, and though I am liking the OpenOffice 2.0 line more and more, with each successive build, it seems less burdensome to launch Microsoft Office than to wait for OpenOffice to load. I do not expect OpenOffice to launch on my system as fast as Microsoft Office; however, I believe a startup time under 10 seconds (without any quickstarter-type solution, on a comparable system to mine) would be orders of magnitude better. I realize this is likely to be marked as a duplicate, but your bug query interface is so complicated I can never get a query to find anything! Thanks in advanced --------------------------------------------------------------------- Please do not reply to this automatically generated notification from Issue Tracker. Please log onto the website and enter your comments. http://qa.openoffice.org/issue_handling/project_issues.html#notification --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
