We're actively working on these issues for 0.5.1. If you get Ubiquity from the hg repository [1] you can already try out some changes which may help both the performance and flickering you mention.
[1] https://wiki.mozilla.org/Labs/Ubiquity/Ubiquity_0.1_Development_Tutorial #Getting_Set_Up mitcho, Labs > > It's still flashing on every keystroke and occasionally locking up for > a few seconds even with the new parser turned off. It did that in the > latest alpha as well, but not to the extent it does it now. > > On Jul 14, 9:28 am, xero <[email protected]> wrote: >> I had to turn off Parser 2 in 0.5 as well. Typing causes the entire >> Ubiquity dialog to flash on almost every letter. Sometimes it gets >> locked up and doesn't recognize that I typed anything, but of course >> only in the middle of what I was typing. The parser occasionally just >> decides that the command no longer matches when typing its arguments. >> I'm hoping the bugs and performance issues get worked out because I >> love Ubiquity, but right now it's not even usable. >> >> On Jul 12, 7:44 pm, Bhagwad <[email protected]> wrote: >> >>> I've turned off the "Use Parser 2 (the next generation parser)" >>> setting in the Ubiquity preferences page and now the speed is back >>> to >>> normal. >> >>> On Jul 11, 10:16 am, Bhagwad <[email protected]> wrote: >> >>>> Any way I can help out? Need me to do some tests? Just ask >> >>>> Bhagwad >> >>>> On Jul 11, 9:12 am, "mitcho (Michael 芳貴 Erlewine)" >>>> <[email protected]> >>>> wrote: >> >>>>> Some of the new features in Parser 2, particularly the new smart >>>>> argument-first suggestions, necessitates that the code be more >>>>> complex >>>>> than in previous Ubiquity releases. There are still some areas I >>>>> believe we can continue optimizing the code, however, so this work >>>>> will be ongoing. >> >>>>> In particular, Bhagwad, I currently believe we do have a bug where >>>>> things take a long time on initial parses (like your first letter >>>>> ones), which I'd like to look into. >> >>>>> Thanks for the feedback! >> >>>>> mitcho >> >>>>>> 2009/7/11 Bhagwad <[email protected]>: >> >>>>>>> Since updating Ubiquity to 0.5, the time taken for the process >>>>>>> to >>>>>>> recognize the first few letters, highlight the command and >>>>>>> deliver a >>>>>>> local result (such as the "calculate" command) has slowed down >>>>>>> tremendously. >> >>>>>>> Whereas initially it was milliseconds, it's now at least 2 >>>>>>> seconds >>>>>>> long. Anyone else facing this problem? I'm using Ubuntu with >>>>>>> Firefox/ >>>>>>> Shiretoko 3.5 . Let me boot into Windows and see if the same >>>>>>> problem >>>>>>> occurs. >> >>>>>> Yes, I noticed, too, that 0.5 is slower when it's processing my >>>>>> input. >>>>>> I use Shiretoko 3.5 on Ubuntu 9.04 and have better timing, much >>>>>> less >>>>>> than 2 seconds, but it's still noticeable, since I have and older >>>>>> version at work for comparison. >> >>>>>> -- >>>>>> Timur Izhbulatov —www.timka.org >> >>>>> -- >>>>> mitcho (Michael 芳貴 Erlewine) >>>>> [email protected]http://mitcho.com/ >>>>> linguist, coder, teacher > > -- mitcho (Michael 芳貴 Erlewine) [email protected] http://mitcho.com/ linguist, coder, teacher --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "ubiquity-firefox" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/ubiquity-firefox?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
