Re: Speed of loading NetSurf

2009-05-29 Thread Paul Stewart
On Fri 29/05/09 00:12 , Rob Kendrick r...@netsurf-browser.org wrote: On Thu, 28 May 2009 19:44:31 +0100 Steve Fryatt wrote: Maybe font canning could be filtered? And also, once the fonts have been canned where is the data cached? Is it wasting space somewhere y retaining font data

Re: Speed of loading NetSurf

2009-05-29 Thread David J. Ruck
Paul Stewart wrote: But isn't the whole idea of !Scrap, that all the files stored inside it are temporary files? Therefore storing !Scrap in a RAMDisc would appear logical. That's as maybe, but putting !Scrap in a RAM disc is an archaic practice dating back to the use of RISC OS 2 and

Re: Speed of loading NetSurf

2009-05-29 Thread Tony Moore
On 28 May 2009, Tony Moore old_coas...@yahoo.co.uk wrote: [snip] [I] didn't file a bug report. Perhaps I should do so now? Done https://sourceforge.net/tracker/?func=detailaid=2798361group_id=51719atid=464312 Tony

Re: Speed of loading NetSurf

2009-05-29 Thread Steve Fryatt
On 29 May, Paul Stewart wrote in message 54662.1243577...@phawfaux.co.uk: On Fri 29/05/09 00:12 , Rob Kendrick r...@netsurf-browser.org wrote: And is another reason why people shouldn't keep !Scrap in a RAM disc, But isn't the whole idea of !Scrap, that all the files stored inside it

Re: Speed of loading NetSurf

2009-05-29 Thread Rob Kendrick
On Fri, 29 May 2009 18:29:03 +0100 Steve Fryatt li...@stevefryatt.org.uk wrote: There's temporary, and temporary. Also, until someone (Adam Richardson, IIRC) came up with Cache, RISC OS didn't have defined somewhere to store non-transient internal data that isn't choices. As such, Scrap

Speed of loading NetSurf

2009-05-28 Thread Roger Darlington
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]. Whilst I appreciate that the 10 times greater length of time spent running

Re: Speed of loading NetSurf

2009-05-28 Thread Gavin Wraith
In message 28366c6250.roger...@rogerarm.freeuk.com you 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]. That is odd.

Re: Speed of loading NetSurf

2009-05-28 Thread Russell Hafter - Lists
In article 52ef6d6250.wra...@wra1th.plus.com, Gavin Wraith ga...@wra1th.plus.com wrote: In message 28366c6250.roger...@rogerarm.freeuk.com you 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

Re: Speed of loading NetSurf

2009-05-28 Thread Mike Hobbs
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]

Re: Speed of loading NetSurf

2009-05-28 Thread Roger Darlington
On 28 May 2009, Michael Drake wrote: In article 28366c6250.roger...@rogerarm.freeuk.com, Roger Darlington roger...@freeuk.com wrote: Loading/Running NetSurf (on an Iyonix at least) seems to take 30 seconds whereas running Oregano2 takes less that 3 seconds. This can happen if you have

Re: Speed of loading NetSurf

2009-05-28 Thread Michael Drake
In article 0a92786250.roger...@rogerarm.freeuk.com, Roger Darlington roger...@freeuk.com wrote: Second response: Could it be the size of my NetSurf Memory cache, which is set at 6.4MB? That shouldn't matter. Please could you zip up and e-mail me the contents of your Choices directory for

Re: Speed of loading NetSurf

2009-05-28 Thread Roger Darlington
On 28 May 2009, Michael Drake wrote: In article 0a92786250.roger...@rogerarm.freeuk.com, Roger Darlington roger...@freeuk.com wrote: Second response: Could it be the size of my NetSurf Memory cache, which is set at 6.4MB? That shouldn't matter. Please could you zip up and e-mail me

Re: Speed of loading NetSurf

2009-05-28 Thread Michael Drake
In article 55618f6250.roger...@rogerarm.freeuk.com, Roger Darlington roger...@freeuk.com wrote: OK, have sent that privately Michael. Thanks. This also prompted me to look in ScrapDirs.WWW.NetSurf.Cache. This contains a whopping 202MB in 5866 files. The reason for the slow load and big

Re: Speed of loading NetSurf

2009-05-28 Thread Tony Moore
On 28 May 2009, Michael Drake t...@netsurf-browser.org wrote: In article 55618f6250.roger...@rogerarm.freeuk.com, Roger Darlington roger...@freeuk.com wrote: [snip] This also prompted me to look in ScrapDirs.WWW.NetSurf.Cache. This contains a whopping 202MB in 5866 files. The reason

Re: Speed of loading NetSurf

2009-05-28 Thread Roger Darlington
On 28 May 2009, Michael Drake wrote: In article 55618f6250.roger...@rogerarm.freeuk.com, Roger Darlington roger...@freeuk.com wrote: OK, have sent that privately Michael. Thanks. This also prompted me to look in ScrapDirs.WWW.NetSurf.Cache. This contains a whopping 202MB in 5866

Re: Speed of loading NetSurf

2009-05-28 Thread Michael Drake
In article 715a976250.old_coas...@old_coaster.yahoo.co.uk, Tony Moore old_coas...@yahoo.co.uk wrote: On 28 May 2009, Michael Drake t...@netsurf-browser.org wrote: In article 55618f6250.roger...@rogerarm.freeuk.com, Roger Darlington roger...@freeuk.com wrote: [snip] This also

Re: Speed of loading NetSurf

2009-05-28 Thread Tony Moore
On 28 May 2009, Michael Drake t...@netsurf-browser.org wrote: In article 715a976250.old_coas...@old_coaster.yahoo.co.uk, Tony Moore old_coas...@yahoo.co.uk wrote: On 28 May 2009, Michael Drake t...@netsurf-browser.org wrote: In article 55618f6250.roger...@rogerarm.freeuk.com, Roger

Re: Speed of loading NetSurf

2009-05-28 Thread Rob Kendrick
On Thu, 28 May 2009 19:44:31 +0100 Steve Fryatt li...@stevefryatt.org.uk wrote: Maybe font canning could be filtered? And also, once the fonts have been canned where is the data cached? Is it wasting space somewhere y retaining font data for fonts that will probably never be used?