We weren't sure whether it would get picked up properly by the update mechanism as a beta after 0.5... we're pretty sure that's working right now, so if we release another beta (which I think we may, later today) we'll call it something like 0.5.1pre2.
m > > Mitcho I must ask why couldn't it have been named 0.5.1beta? > > On Jul 15, 7:17 pm, mitcho (Michael 芳貴 Erlewine) > <[email protected]> > wrote: >> We've pushed a new 0.5.1 beta which should improve general parser >> performance as well as help with the flickering issue. You can get >> this beta here: >> >> http://ubiquity.mozilla.com/xpi/ubiquity-latest-beta.xpi >> >> (Note: for techinical reasons it's called 0.5pre7.) >> >> I would love to know if this helps improves the behavior. >> >> mitcho, Labs >> >> On Jul 14, 4:47 pm, "mitcho (Michael 芳貴 Erlewine)" >> <[email protected]> >> wrote: >> >>> 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 > > -- 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
