On 9/15/05 9:26 AM, "Bellwether" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> On 9/15/05 3:59 AM, Scott Haneda wrote: > >> I sit on a Dual G5 with 2 Gigs of memory. Just popping into 4 email >> accounts sends both CPU's into the 30% range. God forbid there are a few >> emails there for it to pull down, as that can really toss it into a >> performance suck. Example: as I have been typing this, some emails came in, >> for which the performance degradation causes me to be able to type faster >> than e-rage can keep up. > > I too have a dual G5, 2gHz, 2.5GB RAM... I have Entourage checking up to 12 > POP mail accounts every minute (for some) and every 5 minutes (for others), > and it never detracts from my typing when they are being downloaded. Is it > possible you also have something else going on? Are your accounts IMAP, > perhaps? It's more likely that Scott has rules that run AppleScripts, which would include SpamSieve. Running scripts can interfere with keyboard and mouse access at the same time. (It shouldn't affect CPU usage much, though.) > > My usage question would be, why, when I open an attachment from the Preview > pane using the Open button, my keyboard stops responding *in Entourage*? The > mouse continues to respond, but I can no long scroll through the messages > list or hit the delete key to delete them (I can use the mouse to scroll, > and click the delete icon). Quitting and relaunching the app fixes the > problem. It's a third-party keyboard, and I don't have an Apple keyboard > with which I can test, so it might be a driver thing. Now that's interesting. Many of us have seen keyboard _shortcuts_ stop working from time to time, if that's what you mean, without knowing what causes that to happen. We can still type text, but shortcuts don't work. Only re-launching fixes that. If that's what you mean too, your noticing that opening attachments from within a message causing it might be _really_ useful. I'll be testing that, thanks. I don't think that the developers have any idea, either, what causes the loss of keyboard control - the first step is being able to replicate the problem with specific steps. If this is it, you'll have done a great turn in reporting it here. -- Paul Berkowitz MVP MacOffice Entourage FAQ Page: <http://www.entourage.mvps.org/faq/index.html> AppleScripts for Entourage: <http://macscripter.net/scriptbuilders/> PLEASE always state which version of Microsoft Office you are using - **2004**, X or 2001. It's often impossible to answer your questions otherwise. -- Paul Berkowitz MVP MacOffice Entourage FAQ Page: <http://www.entourage.mvps.org/faq/index.html> AppleScripts for Entourage: <http://macscripter.net/scriptbuilders/> PLEASE always state which version of Microsoft Office you are using - **2004**, X or 2001. It's often impossible to answer your questions otherwise. -- To unsubscribe: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> archives: <http://www.mail-archive.com/entourage-talk%40lists.letterrip.com/> old-archive: <http://www.mail-archive.com/entourage-talk%40lists.boingo.com/>
