Hi Phistuck;

I was using Google Bookmark feature but turned it off -- It didn't
affect load times either way. That was much earlier in the thread
where I think I mentioned it. 8)

On Sun, Jan 10, 2010 at 12:28 AM, PhistucK <[email protected]> wrote:
> Are you talking about a case where he uses the Bookmark Sync feature? if so,
> I never saw him writing that he is using it, so the network connection
> should not a factor in this case.
> ☆PhistucK
>
>
> On Sun, Jan 10, 2010 at 02:20, mhenriday <[email protected]> wrote:
>>
>> Again, I suspect that with the sheer number of bookmarks you have the
>> file simply takes time to load, given the limitations of your
>> connexion. Have you checked to see how large, in fact, your bookmarks
>> file is and what the downstream speeds provided by your ISP really are
>> in practice ? To take my situation as an example, he nominal
>> downstream speed provided me by my ISP is 8Mbs, but in reality I never
>> get more than 6.75 Mbs, which I understand is quite good for an ADSL
>> connexion. And if the Google servers are very busy when you try to
>> load your bookmarks, you can expect that doing so will take even more
>> time. So I doubt that the problem lies with Chromium/Chrome - unless
>> it's the case that your bookmarks load much more quickly from a
>> different browser....
>>
>> Henri
>>
>> On Jan 8, 6:14 pm, S D Allen <[email protected]> wrote:
>> > Well it's a 6 Mbps Residential Subscriber service and I use various
>> > computers. This behaviour was shown in all the 'puters that I use
>> > Chromium/Google-Chrome on so it's not hardware specific or even OS
>> > specific as I use a mix of GNU/Linux, MSFT Windows and hardware.
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> > On Fri, Jan 8, 2010 at 11:27 AM, mhenriday <[email protected]> wrote:
>> > > Sorry, Steve, that I was unable to make myself clear - as I reported
>> > > in my first posting to this thread, when I checked, I found that it
>> > > took my 970 bookmarks 36 seconds to load. You estimated that you have
>> > > approximately three times as many bookmarks ; thus I didn't find the
>> > > fact that it takes about three times as long for them to load
>> > > particularly surprising. You haven't indicated how speedy your
>> > > internet connexion is nor provided details regarding your computer's
>> > > performance, so it's difficult to know how your figures relate to
>> > > mine. One thing should be certain, however ; if you significantly
>> > > reduce the number of your bookmarks, the number that remain should
>> > > load more quickly....
>> >
>> > > Henri
>> >
>> > > On Jan 8, 5:06 pm, S D Allen <[email protected]> wrote:
>> > >> Are you serious?! It takes you 2+ minutes to load 1/3 the amount of
>> > >> bookmarks?
>> >
>> > >> I didn't consider that it was the amount of bookmarks as it was much
>> > >> snapper just a day or 2 ago; but, I have added bookmarks since then.
>> >
>> > >> So, I thought for giggles I'll delete all my bookmarks and see if the
>> > >> issue persists. It didn't; With all my extensions enabled
>> > >> Chromium/Google-Chrome both launced in about a second or 2 without
>> > >> any
>> > >> hang.
>> >
>> > >> Therefore everything else was  incidental in this; I just have too
>> > >> many bookmarks. The situation isn't really hardware specific though
>> > >> as
>> > >> the same issue appeared on my i7 workstation. Chrome/Chromium just
>> > >> seems to have an issue with loading over 3k bookmarks. <shrug>
>> >
>> > >> So time to "cull" the bookmarks. LOL
>> >
>> > >> Thanks everyone for your input, it helped me to look elsewhere for
>> > >> the cause.
>> >
>> > >> On Fri, Jan 8, 2010 at 10:31 AM, mhenriday <[email protected]>
>> > >> wrote:
>> > >> > Steve, I doubt it's a question of approaching an upper limit, but
>> > >> > if
>> > >> > you have approximately 3K bookmarks, it's not surprising that they
>> > >> > take some time to load, depending upon your internet connexion and
>> > >> > the
>> > >> > capacity of your machine. What you are experiencing corresponds
>> > >> > pretty
>> > >> > well with what I see with approximately 1/3 as many bookmarks as
>> > >> > you
>> > >> > and with an ADSL connexion with a nominal downstream speed of
>> > >> > 8Mbits/
>> > >> > s....
>> >
>> > >> > Henri
>> >
>> > >> > On Jan 8, 4:19 pm, S D Allen <[email protected]> wrote:
>> > >> >> Hi Tim;
>> >
>> > >> >> These are the bookmarks since I started on the WWW circa '92/93 so
>> > >> >> about 3k. Am I approaching the upper limit, is there an upper
>> > >> >> limit?
>> >
>> > >> >> On Thu, Jan 7, 2010 at 8:35 PM, Tim Steele <[email protected]>
>> > >> >> wrote:
>> > >> >> > Hi Steve,
>> > >> >> > Out of curiousity, roughly how many bookmarks do you have?
>> > >> >> > Tim
>> > >> >> > On Thu, Jan 7, 2010 at 5:16 PM, S D Allen
>> > >> >> > <[email protected]> wrote:
>> >
>> > >> >> >> Yes understood. Mine are synced to -- I'm just saying the only
>> > >> >> >> thing
>> > >> >> >> that has changed in terms of extensions/Chrome/Chromium is that
>> > >> >> >> I
>> > >> >> >> changed the syncing method from XMarks to Google and was musing
>> > >> >> >> if
>> > >> >> >> Google bookmark sync (application) causes the slow delay on
>> > >> >> >> start-up.
>> > >> >> >> Since you don't use Google Bookmark sync I guess it's difficult
>> > >> >> >> for
>> > >> >> >> you to say.
>> >
>> > >> >> >> Anyone else using Google to sync their bookmarks, experiencing
>> > >> >> >> slow
>> > >> >> >> start up on Chromium/Google-Chrome? Just trying to figure out
>> > >> >> >> if it's
>> > >> >> >> something local to my setup or something else.
>> >
>> > >> >> >> Thanks.
>> >
>> > >> >> >> On Thu, Jan 7, 2010 at 6:04 PM, mhenriday <[email protected]>
>> > >> >> >> wrote:
>> > >> >> >> > Steve, my testing was done with the bookmarks synced....
>> >
>> > >> >> >> > Henri
>> >
>> > >> >> >> > On Jan 7, 8:46 pm, S D Allen <[email protected]>
>> > >> >> >> > wrote:
>> > >> >> >> >> Thanks for the response Mhenriday. The only thing I've
>> > >> >> >> >> changed
>> > >> >> >> >> recently is that I reverted to using
>> > >> >> >> >>  Google Sync for my bookmarks. I deleted the XMarks
>> > >> >> >> >> extension prior to
>> > >> >> >> >> doing this.
>> >
>> > >> >> >> >> So, I'm wondering if it's Google Sync doing this on startup
>> > >> >> >> >> .... I
>> > >> >> >> >> notice that selecting any bookmark on the toolbar; there is
>> > >> >> >> >> a
>> > >> >> >> >> significant delay before the focus works.
>> >
>> > >> >> >> >> On Thu, Jan 7, 2010 at 2:17 PM, mhenriday
>> > >> >> >> >> <[email protected]> wrote:
>> > >> >> >> >> > Steve, on my 64-bit Ubuntu Karmic setup running Chromium
>> > >> >> >> >> > 4.0.291.0
>> > >> >> >> >> > (35606) , my 970 Delicious bookmarks start displaying
>> > >> >> >> >> > after a couple
>> > >> >> >> >> > of seconds and load fully after 36 seconds. This on a HP
>> > >> >> >> >> > Pavilion
>> > >> >> >> >> > d4595se with an AMD Athlon 64 X2 5000+ Dual Core CPU and 2
>> > >> >> >> >> > GB RAM....
>> >
>> > >> >> >> >> > Henri
>> >
>> > >> >> >> >> > On Jan 7, 4:11 pm, S D Allen <[email protected]>
>> > >> >> >> >> > wrote:
>> > >> >> >> >> >> FYI: Just checked with *4.0.291.0 (35606) Ubuntu* and the
>> > >> >> >> >> >> extensions
>> > >> >> >> >> >> all
>> > >> >> >> >> >> load,m (icons appear in top left) but the bookmarks take
>> > >> >> >> >> >> a long time
>> > >> >> >> >> >> (again
>> > >> >> >> >> >> over 2 minutes). Again this is on Debian Sid distro. This
>> > >> >> >> >> >> has been
>> > >> >> >> >> >> happening
>> > >> >> >> >> >> with the last couple of Chromium builds for me.  I update
>> > >> >> >> >> >> daily. HTH
>> >
>> > >> >> >> >> >> On Thu, Jan 7, 2010 at 10:01 AM, S D Allen
>> > >> >> >> >> >> <[email protected]>
>> > >> >> >> >> >> wrote:
>> >
>> > >> >> >> >> >> > Folks, I'm on Debian Linux (Sid) and lately I've
>> > >> >> >> >> >> > noticed that both
>> > >> >> >> >> >> > the
>> > >> >> >> >> >> > builds of Chromium (from Ubuntu Repository) and
>> > >> >> >> >> >> > Developers
>> > >> >> >> >> >> > Google-Chrome are quite slow when it comes to loading
>> > >> >> >> >> >> > my
>> > >> >> >> >> >> > extensions
>> > >> >> >> >> >> > AND bookmarks in the Bookmark Toolbar.
>> >
>> > >> >> >> >> >> > Just now after updating to 4.0.288.1 unstable; It took
>> > >> >> >> >> >> > over 2
>> > >> >> >> >> >> > minutes
>> > >> >> >> >> >> > to load the bookmarks in the toolbar and the rest of
>> > >> >> >> >> >> > the
>> > >> >> >> >> >> > extensions.
>> > >> >> >> >> >> > Of course the entire interface is frozen solid when
>> > >> >> >> >> >> > this happens.
>> > >> >> >> >> >> > Anyone else experiencing this?
>> >
>> > >> >> >> >> >> > --
>> > >> >> >> >> >> > Cheers,
>> > >> >> >> >> >> > Steve
>> > >> >> >> >> >> >http://www.linkedin.com/in/torontostephenallen
>> > >> >> >> >> >> >http://picasaweb.google.ca/Stephen.D.Allen
>> > >> >> >> >> >> >http://www.facebook.com/S.D.Allen
>> > >> >> >> >> >> >http://portfolio-s-d-allen.blogspot.com/
>> > >> >> >> >> >> >http://friendfeed.com/chimpanze
>> > >> >> >> >> >> >http://stephenallen.yelp.ca/
>> >
>> > >> >> >> >> >> --
>> > >> >> >> >> >> Cheers,
>> >
>> > >> >> >> >> >>
>> > >> >> >> >> >> Stevehttp://www.linkedin.com/in/torontostephenallenhttp://picasaweb.google...
>> >
>> > >> >> >> >> > --
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>> > >> >> >> >> --
>> > >> >> >> >> Cheers,
>> >
>> > >> >> >> >>
>> > >> >> >> >> Stevehttp://www.linkedin.com/in/torontostephenallenhttp://picasaweb.google...
>> >
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>> > >> >> >> --
>> > >> >> >> Cheers,
>> > >> >> >> Steve
>> > >> >> >>http://www.linkedin.com/in/torontostephenallen
>> > >> >> >>http://picasaweb.google.ca/Stephen.D.Allen
>> > >> >> >>http://www.facebook.com/S.D.Allen
>> > >> >> >>http://portfolio-s-d-allen.blogspot.com/
>> > >> >> >>http://friendfeed.com/chimpanze
>> > >> >> >>http://stephenallen.yelp.ca/
>> >
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>> > >> >> Cheers,
>> > >> >>
>> > >> >> Stevehttp://www.linkedin.com/in/torontostephenallenhttp://picasaweb.google...
>> >
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>> > >>
>> > >> Stevehttp://www.linkedin.com/in/torontostephenallenhttp://picasaweb.google...
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>> >
>> > Stevehttp://www.linkedin.com/in/torontostephenallenhttp://picasaweb.google.ca/Stephen.D.Allenhttp://www.facebook.com/S.D.Allenhttp://portfolio-s-d-allen.blogspot.com/http://friendfeed.com/chimpanzehttp://stephenallen.yelp.ca/
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