----- Original Message ----- From: "Will Dean" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Tuesday, November 11, 2003 3:30 PM Subject: RE: [DQSD-Users] Google's deskbar and miniviewer
> At 19:51 11/11/2003 -0600, you wrote: > > >The help window doubles as this.. The one piece missing is that the > >searches are merely removed from the available list and are still loaded > >with the toolbar.. This is a long needed design change. +1! > > > > > 3) snappy performance > > > >This directly relates to #2 above... Right now it simply takes too much > >time/cpu to load 300+ searches.. +1! > I quite agree. I'm using a twin 3GHz Xeon, which is probably as fast as > any computer running DQSD, and the menu is still irritatingly (or > embarrassingly) slow. The vast flickery tool tips are also a pain. (And I > wrote much of the code for them!) Personally, I never use the menu any > more, which means that I use only the tiny number of functions that I knew > about a couple of years ago. Same here. I never bring that monster up. > TBH, I think DQSD needs a serious refactor/restructure, but I suspect that > it's now so nearly 'good enough' that all the original developers have lost > interest in improving it. (This certainly applies to me - I worked on it > while it had problems which really irritated me, and for a period > afterwards when I was still interested in doing the bits no-one else seemed > to be able to get to work.) It definitely needs a redesign/refactor/restructure. And, since there's a component doing stuff that can't be done in script, I'd like to see all the plumbing moved to component(s), instead of this mish-mash, hacked, band-aided script. > > That's free software for you... > > Will ------------------------------------------------------- This SF.Net email sponsored by: ApacheCon 2003, 16-19 November in Las Vegas. Learn firsthand the latest developments in Apache, PHP, Perl, XML, Java, MySQL, WebDAV, and more! http://www.apachecon.com/ _______________________________________________ To unsubscribe visit: https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/dqsd-users [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://sourceforge.net/mailarchive/forum.php?forum_id=8601
