Re: RISC OS: Squeezed executable

2012-10-15 Thread Harriet Bazley
On 14 Oct 2012 as I do recall, Rob Kendrick wrote: On Sun, Oct 14, 2012 at 01:29:33PM +0100, Martin Bazley wrote: The thing which is *really* annoying about using NetSurf on a USB drive is the enormous amount of time it takes to quit - up to thirty seconds on a bad day! [snip]

Re: RISC OS: Squeezed executable

2012-10-14 Thread Rob Kendrick
On Sun, Oct 14, 2012 at 01:29:33PM +0100, Martin Bazley wrote: The thing which is *really* annoying about using NetSurf on a USB drive is the enormous amount of time it takes to quit - up to thirty seconds on a bad day! This seems to be dependent on the amount of browsing done beforehand.

Re: RISC OS: Squeezed executable

2012-10-14 Thread Tony Moore
On 13 Oct 2012, Rob Kendrick r...@netsurf-browser.org wrote: [snip] I'd like some feedback on this. Specifically; - Are people noticing any difference in load times? SARPC / RISC OS 6.20: netsurf-2012-10-02_20-23-02 17 seconds NetSurf #461 15 seconds. RPCEmu

Re: RISC OS: Squeezed executable

2012-10-14 Thread Rob Kendrick
On Sun, Oct 14, 2012 at 02:08:09PM +, Tony Moore wrote: On 13 Oct 2012, Rob Kendrick r...@netsurf-browser.org wrote: [snip] I'd like some feedback on this. Specifically; - Are people noticing any difference in load times? SARPC / RISC OS 6.20:

Re: RISC OS: Squeezed executable

2012-10-14 Thread Chris Young
On Sun, 14 Oct 2012 14:31:48 +0100, Rob Kendrick wrote: I'm at a loss to understand exactly what 'bitmaps' NetSurf could have 'modified' in the course of the session, or where it's 'saving' them to. All I know is that this is a horrendously inefficient operation! They're probably the

Re: RISC OS: Squeezed executable

2012-10-14 Thread Michael Drake
In article out-507b039f.md-1.4.17.chris.yo...@unsatisfactorysoftware.co.uk, Chris Young chris.yo...@unsatisfactorysoftware.co.uk wrote: On Sun, 14 Oct 2012 14:31:48 +0100, Rob Kendrick wrote: Is this a RISC OS-only feature, as thumbnails get lost here after quitting? Yes, but it's broken

RISC OS: Squeezed executable

2012-10-13 Thread Rob Kendrick
Hi, We recently ported the Squeeze executable compressor to run natively under Linux so we could squeeze the NetSurf !RunImage. This shrinks the size of it from around 6.6MB to around 3.8MB. I'd like some feedback on this. Specifically; - Are people noticing any difference in load

Re: RISC OS: Squeezed executable

2012-10-13 Thread cj
In article 20121013172217.gg7...@pepperfish.net, Rob Kendrick r...@netsurf-browser.org wrote: I would expect to see the most significant improvement on a StrongARM RiscPC using the on-board IDE where the IO is a significant bottleneck and time to decompress insignificant. I would think