[libreoffice-users] Re: LibreOffice 3.5.4: 100% faster

2012-05-31 Thread Andreas Säger
Am 31.05.2012 04:57, chimak111 wrote: Apropos the announcement and referring to [i]with up to 100% performance gains when opening large files (depending on operating system, hardware configuration and file contents)[/i] in particular, it would be nice if LibreOffice had a set of large files that

Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: LibreOffice 3.5.4: 100% faster

2012-05-31 Thread Tom Davies
Hi :) Please can we try to keep this mailing-list family friendly?  It is a good point that marketing and PR often needs to say things that are not always objective or quantifiable.  A salesman's claim that something is 100% is not the same as a programmers idea of 100% and neither may bear any

[libreoffice-users] Re: LibreOffice 3.5.4: 100% faster

2012-05-31 Thread Alexander Thurgood
Le 31/05/12 14:59, Tom Davies a écrit : Hi Tom, Why can't they just say things like A LOT faster?? Why drag in numbers that are likely to be proven wrong in certain/all cases? Well, probably because the cynic in me knows that someone in the AOO camp released a statement about AOO 3.4

[libreoffice-users] Re: LibreOffice 3.5.4: 100% faster

2012-05-31 Thread chimak111
Alexander Thurgood wrote ... I ... prefer factual analysis, but how often is software tested and statistically significant results given ? errmm On my Linux box, with less than one Gig of ram and an old 5400 rpm harddisk, everything is slow ;-) On my Macbook, it depends. So

Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: LibreOffice 3.5.4: 100% faster

2012-05-31 Thread Chad Neeper
On 5/31/2012 12:57 PM, chimak111 wrote: Alexander Thurgood wrote ... I ... prefer factual analysis, but how often is software tested and statistically significant results given ? errmm On my Linux box, with less than one Gig of ram and an old 5400 rpm harddisk, everything is slow ;-)

[libreoffice-users] Re: LibreOffice 3.5.4: 100% faster

2012-05-31 Thread Andreas Säger
Am 31.05.2012 19:08, Chad Neeper wrote: So in my own real-(in my)-world test files, v3.5.x is thousands of percent slower! But I do see your point. This project has too many consumers and fan boys but no power users. Apart from that, the time of spreadsheets is over. In the 2020ies hardly

[libreoffice-users] Re: LibreOffice 3.5.4: 100% faster

2012-05-31 Thread Marc Paré
Hi Chad, Le 2012-05-31 13:08, Chad Neeper a écrit : But, really, so what? In my particular case, I regularly use a large and complex spreadsheet with numerous custom macros. In my case, moving from LO 3.4.x to 3.5.x apparently broke something vital. A process that has taken less than 60

Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: LibreOffice 3.5.4: 100% faster

2012-05-31 Thread Tom Davies
:) --- On Thu, 31/5/12, Andreas Säger ville...@t-online.de wrote: From: Andreas Säger ville...@t-online.de Subject: [libreoffice-users] Re: LibreOffice 3.5.4: 100% faster To: users@global.libreoffice.org Date: Thursday, 31 May, 2012, 18:18 Am 31.05.2012 19:08, Chad Neeper wrote: So in my own real-(in my

Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: LibreOffice 3.5.4: 100% faster

2012-05-31 Thread Chad Neeper
On 5/31/2012 1:18 PM, Andreas Säger wrote: Am 31.05.2012 19:08, Chad Neeper wrote: So in my own real-(in my)-world test files, v3.5.x is thousands of percent slower! But I do see your point. This project has too many consumers and fan boys but no power users. Apart from that, the time of

Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: LibreOffice 3.5.4: 100% faster

2012-05-31 Thread Chad Neeper
On 5/31/2012 1:29 PM, Marc Paré wrote: Hi Chad, Le 2012-05-31 13:08, Chad Neeper a écrit : LO 3.4.x to 3.5.x apparently broke something vital. A process that has taken less than 60 seconds to complete in versions 3.x through 3.4.x now can take 30 minutes or more. Total deal-breaker and major

[libreoffice-users] Re: LibreOffice 3.5.4: 100% faster

2012-05-31 Thread Marc Paré
Hi Chad, Le 2012-05-31 13:48, Chad Neeper a écrit : On 5/31/2012 1:29 PM, Marc Paré wrote: Hi Chad, Le 2012-05-31 13:08, Chad Neeper a écrit : LO 3.4.x to 3.5.x apparently broke something vital. A process that has taken less than 60 seconds to complete in versions 3.x through 3.4.x now can

Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: LibreOffice 3.5.4: 100% faster

2012-05-31 Thread Chad Neeper
On 5/31/2012 1:56 PM, Tom Davies wrote: +1 Growth is good :) A fresh start in a new format can be great but_finding time to do it is not always easy_! ...especially when one has to try to interpret mind-bending comments about skill levels...LOL! I'm driving quickly enough to the nut

Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: LibreOffice 3.5.4: 100% faster

2012-05-31 Thread Tom Davies
Hi :) [bows] I just re-read it and i think i need to lay off the coffee! Regards from Tom :) --- On Thu, 31/5/12, Chad Neeper cnee...@level9networks.com wrote: From: Chad Neeper cnee...@level9networks.com Subject: Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: LibreOffice 3.5.4: 100% faster To: users