> However, I've got a lot of ram and use gentoo which is pretty optimized > and fine-tuned. Maybe the 'slowness' you're experiencing in > gtk-gnutella with gtk2 is our fault. Maybe we're updating too many > widgets too often or something. A newbie user running a new > distribution will probably be using gnome 2 and there's no reason > gtk-gnutella shouldn't run fine on a 433, especially if it's not core > that's hogging the cpu. Is speed enhancement something we should look > into? I'd be into that. > > Emile
I completely agree about Gtk2, it looks crisp and clean on FreeBSD I
think that if
you adjust the default settings, font and theme it has the potential to
be very readable and attractive.
Gtk2-gnutella is slightly slower than the Gtk1 counter-part but I think
that huge speed gains could be made by slimming down the UI. I
personally would like to see a thoughtful discussion on reorganizing the UI.
IMHO gtkg looks very cluttered with options found in various locations
and in no real consistent order. This is partly because of the large
number of options which the application has as well as it's style of
evolution, both of which I think are good things. It also presents the
user with tons of information on every page. Information
which should be available but maybe not all the time. Some quick examples.
- Gnet pane, the hosts in cache? - useful but most of the time, I
really don't care.
- HTTP / Gnet / Leaf / uploads / downloads / connections
Here are 9 progress bars which are always (unless you turn them
off) on. It is useful information
but if I am just searching for files, I don't really care
about my leaf traffic bandwidth?
I think that a concerted effort to slim and redesign the UI would lead
to a program which is easier to interact with, is more intuitive and is
less of a cpu hog. What are others opinions on this?
Peace,
Russ
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