-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 On 05/01/08 17:33, Celejar wrote: > On Thu, 01 May 2008 17:00:38 -0500 > Ron Johnson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> On 05/01/08 16:29, andy wrote: >>> When I double click within Xfce on the /home directory icon, there is a >>> noticeable lag between clicking and a response. What causes this? Must I >> Maybe DMA is disabled? >> >> Maybe you've got sooo many files in $HOME that it takes a good long >> time for the XFCE file browser to load them all into it's memory >> list? I've got some Very Large directories, and it takes a Long >> Time for the GNOME file picker to do it's think. Went to hell >> around v2.16, I think. > > I know that this has been discussed on the list before, but I am really > frustrated with the file picker used by all my Xfce and Gtk > applications. It takes a number of seconds to open directories, > including ones that are not particularly large, e.g. a directory which > only contains 58 files and subdirectories takes about five seconds > to open.
IMNSHO, this is caused by programmers who try and over-engineer something that should light and simple. >> Maybe you've got a 4200RPM laptop drive? > > I do, but does that really justify this sluggishness? To a degree. But only on huge directories... - -- Ron Johnson, Jr. Jefferson LA USA We want... a Shrubbery!! -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.6 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQFIGma6S9HxQb37XmcRAsRIAJ4hjPwvrTvz1g91PZd93a1mo9csmACeMd7/ Y8zQb6v83mbLn18mnhCLL8s= =nN/z -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]