Le Fri, 25 Jul 2003 10:16:36 +0800, Leon Brooks a �crit :

> This is particualrly noticeable with MenuDrake (which is not exactly 
> greased lightning to begin with): when you're operating over a slow 
> link, the enormous update rate of the progress bar slows operation to a 
> crawl. Can anything be done about that? I don't see any point at all in 
> updating more often than 4x a second, and 1x a second should be enough.

Which progress bar : at startup or when saving ? 
I really don't understand how it can slow menudrake :
-saving progressbar is waiting for update-menus to finish
-startup progress bar is updating itself for each menu entry read and
there is no "frame rate" settings for it..

> I strongly recommend remote operation through a slow link as an 
> excellent way to gain insights into how efficient your applications 
> are. It's a painful but well-remembered lesson. You can do this even 
> locally by setting up a clone of the loopback interface, shaping that, 
> and using iproute2 to ensure that traffic to your new device is routed 
> through the shaper.

You should read this : http://keithp.com/~keithp/talks/usenix2003/


> 
> Cheers; Leon

-- 
Fr�d�ric Crozat
MandrakeSoft




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