At 2003-05-29, 11.00 CET, Mikael Byström <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>Evan, [EMAIL PROTECTED] said: > >>Actually, I can write email while PowerMail checks the server for more >>mail. In fact, I'm doing that right now, just to make sure. Not sure >>what's going on with your setup. > > >What's going on is that Powermail is a resourcehog. While I run OS X on >G3/266, you are probably using a faster comp and perhaps with more RAM. I >can also write, but the text output will be more erratic when checking >mail. So I have to wait for Powermail. It shouldn't be that way. >If you read back a few messages you'll see Max Gosell verifying the >problem exists in PM 4 as well "But 4.1.2 sometimes interrupts your >writing for about a second or so when checking mail." (Thread "Re: Wrong >SMTP server for second account problem (Resend)"). >This is the only app that display this kind of problem on my box. While I >don't doubt this is better in 4.1.x, the very fact it's even there is >disturbing. Why would you have to have a G4 and 1 GB RAM just to check >mail and write a message without disturbances while you do that? That's >just ridicolous. This is OS X. It was built for multitasking. The >solution is multithreading, something even Emailer 2 can do under OS 9 or >in Classic. True Multithreading can only benefit everybody, so I don't >see how anyone can argue against it, though I'm awaiting CTMs excuses.... ;) A G4 and 1 GB RAM doesn't solve the problem. I've just invested in one, and the problem remains. I believe Raul Vera pinned down the problem when writing: "...less than a second but more than half a second. The window came up, the progress bar moved and the heading changed from "login..." to "checking for mail", it proceeded for a bit, then the progress bar paused, as did my ability to type, then the progress bar resumed, as did my typing, then the window went away. If you are a hunt-and-peck typist you won't even notice it. If you type 70+ wpm it is a nuisance." I'm a 10 finger typist myself and get really annoyed when it happens. It doesn't happen each time, but when it does it's a very short "lock up" -- enough to disturb your typing flow. Max G
