On Thu, Oct 9, 2008 at 7:22 PM, elana langer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > in addition to boot and activity load time the time it takes to switch > between applications is also a little frustrating - especially for > kids who have worked on faster computers.
This should have been improved in the 8.2 release, so would be good to give it a look as well. > I am in Mongolia for the next few weeks. There are several schools in > the city that have computers so if you want any testing done (like the > reaction to the boot time with 8.2) just let me know. If you send me a > list of "dream field feedback" or something I can try to make that all > happen. Thanks, will keep asking questions. Tomeu > On Thu, Oct 9, 2008 at 4:59 AM, Tomeu Vizoso <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> Hi Elana, >> >> you have brought a very needed point of view to this list. Let me try >> to start the process of translating your experience to actionable >> items. >> >> On Mon, Oct 6, 2008 at 5:20 PM, elana langer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >>> >>> 1) Computers are slow - So I was in a Ger in the west part of Mongolia >>> and I thought I would show the computer to the family that was hosting >>> me. The husband, wife and 8 year old child huddled around the computer >>> and pressed the on button. Instead of being delighted by the computer >>> they waited, and waited for the computer to load. I asked them in >>> broken monoglian to be patient but once the computer loaded they >>> wanted to open an application and again more waiting. The 8 year old >>> lost interest as did the mom and only the man of the house stuck >>> around to try things. >>> This is not a unique experience. This is a culture that lives close to >>> the land. Action- reaction. No one is used to "waiting" for an >>> computer to load or a bagel to toast for that matter. (of course >>> cooking takes time but they can watch as it changes form not just an >>> unmoving screen) >>> >>> In the city the experience is worse. Kids used to PCs quickly grow >>> impatient and leave the XO to find other faster computers. >> >> First, I would like to note that you are talking about perceived >> slowness, not the absolute time that takes to do anything. So to solve >> the issues you mentioned, we need to give a sense to the user that >> something is happening and, when possible, how much time it will take >> to finish, in case reducing the time it takes is too expensive >> resource-wise. >> >> Second, you talk about boot time and activity launch time. Is there >> any other action in the laptop that causes problems because of its >> slowness? >> >> And third, both booting and activity launching performance are known >> problems and some improvements already happened in the last stable >> release, 8.2.0. Do you think you could do some experiments with that >> release and see if things have improved and if so, how much? >> >> Thanks, >> >> Tomeu >> > _______________________________________________ Devel mailing list Devel@lists.laptop.org http://lists.laptop.org/listinfo/devel