Hello
Thanks for the help.
I am all for cross compatibility, but when saving a file (recommended
on a regular to avoid loss of work) takes 2-3 minutes t save, is this
not a major hindrance?
Crazy thing, I recently upgraded my Mac from 350MHz to a 1.6GHz
machine, thinking that I would have avoided the speed issues. I would
need a 10 GHz machine to speed up the compression enough to make it
acceptable:(
The frustrating part is that I have to stop everything and find
something else to do while the file is saving...
Anyway, I have vented enough today.
Thanks for your help (and helping me to understand).
Joseph
On Mar 6, 2006, at 11:34 AM, Robin Laing wrote:
Joseph Hogan wrote:
Hello,
I decided to take the plunge, and start using Neo Office.
I have the latest version. I am using an upgraded Mac (G4 350MHz to
a 1.6GHz).
I have a file that I use to keep track of prices for my little
company. It is a 388k file. I saved it as an NeoOffice file and it
became 60 k.
Being such a small file, why does it take over a minute to resave the
file when I make changes?
While I like the whole Neo Office idea, if it will be this slow, I
might drop it right away.
Joe
Welcome to the world of compatible files across systems.
You have experienced what many have complained about with OOo. It
isn't just Neo Office.
The issue is conversion from a binary format that your software uses
to the XML format that the files are saved in and then the compression
time.
I have done some comparisons between MS Office and OOo and was
surprised by the time differences. But what I lost on time, I won on
compatibility between different OS's. At least I know that as long as
I have the same fonts on any machine, I can open the OOo based
document in Windows, Linux or Mac with no headaches. I also know that
if there are problems with the file, (quite rare) I can recover most
if not all the data by unzipping the file.
It would be nice to see the save times improve but it will never be as
fast as saving a binary file directly.
--
Robin Laing
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