In message <28366c6250.roger...@rogerarm.freeuk.com> Roger wrote: > Loading/Running NetSurf (on an Iyonix at least) seems to take 30 > seconds whereas running Oregano2 takes less that 3 seconds. [I am not > including the time that NetSurf, when first run, uses looking at all > the fonts]. [snip]
Actually, I would like to suggest that the time taken for font scanning is now an issue since NS 2.1. It now takes several minutes to scan fonts on my home machine. Yes, I know its only on the first time NS is run, but I can't help thinking that this is all wasted time. After all, NS isn't going use all these fonts. Its only likely to need the standard set of ROM fonts. Maybe font scanning could be filtered? And also, once the fonts have been scanned where is the data cached? Is it wasting space somewhere by retaining font data for fonts that will probably never be used? Regarding non-font-related load time I don't seem to have a problem on Virtual RPC. Its certainly not taking 30 seconds. Mike
