IMHO, the best of both world would be to pre-build the holidays files (with some smart engine maybe somebody feels like building - I remember having built some stuff in vba+xls to build the french one, can try to put a hand on it if somebody needs it-) for the next, say, 20 years, and then include them in the installation executable.
MLL > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Will Dean > Sent: Monday, January 05, 2004 3:43 PM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Re: [DQSD-Users] Revised 2004 - holidays.sg.xml > > > At 08:21 05/01/2004 -0600, you wrote: > > >There have been issues in the past with the slow behavior of > the calendar.. > >Its a lot of JS to load.. There was even talk of splitting > the calendar out > >into its own add-in to not force the extra startup delay on > people who are > >not interested in running it... The calendar has been blamed > a bit on the > >slow startup (and hence disappearing tray icons) of the > toolbar.. Someone > >(sorry I dont remember who) did a ton of work on it to > greatly improve its > >speed. > > It was me, though it wasn't a ton, or even a tonne, of work, > really. I did > do a great deal of work on the 'about' box performance, but > that's been > lost in the huge increase in the number of searches. > > >Sorry to be negative.. This is all IMO of course.. FWIW.. > > I agree entirely - DQSD has already bloated to the point > where bits of it > (for example the menu) are now unusable, even to people > running on fairly > serious workstations. > > Personally, I don't think anybody should add anything which > slows it down > any further, unless they can do a matching amount of > optimisation work to > go with it. > > Unless DQSD is lightning-fast, it loses much of its original intent. > > I'm not trying to pick a fight here - indeed, I'm personally > responsible > for one of the worst bits of usability - the vast, > non-delayed tooltips > which flash up immediately one runs up the menu. Yuk. But I > don't feel > like fixing this bug, as it might take me half a day which I > don't have to > spare. > > Will > > > > > ------------------------------------------------------- > This SF.net email is sponsored by: IBM Linux Tutorials. > Become an expert in LINUX or just sharpen your skills. Sign > up for IBM's > Free Linux Tutorials. Learn everything from the bash shell > to sys admin. > Click now! http://ads.osdn.com/?ad_id=1278&alloc_id=3371&op=click > _______________________________________________ > To unsubscribe visit: > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/dqsd-users > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > http://sourceforge.net/mailarchive/forum.php?forum_id=8601 > ------------------------------------------------------- This SF.net email is sponsored by: IBM Linux Tutorials. Become an expert in LINUX or just sharpen your skills. Sign up for IBM's Free Linux Tutorials. Learn everything from the bash shell to sys admin. Click now! http://ads.osdn.com/?ad_id78&alloc_id371&op=click _______________________________________________ To unsubscribe visit: https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/dqsd-users [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://sourceforge.net/mailarchive/forum.php?forum_id†01
