I've tried Authentic, too, but deleted it soon, because XXE is much more user friendly. Especially the default docbook-view in Authentic is - hmm - a little bit unprofessional compared to XXE.
Cheers, Thomas Singer At 11:29 28.02.03 +0100, you wrote: >I got a mail today telling me that Altova are now giving away their XML >content editor "Authentic". XmlSpy is supposed to be the market leader, so I >thought it must be worth a look, and I did a little informal benchmark to >compare it with XXE, using the sample docbook document they include in the >download. > >Here are the results of the test, performed on my Pentium 3 600mhz laptop, >with 256 k memory, running Win2K: > >authentic: >start-up 5 seconds >load 58 seconds >insert new para 5 seconds >undo insertion 6 seconds > >xxe: >start-up 10 seconds >load 12 seconds >insert new para 0 seconds >undo insertion 0 seconds > >The new paragraph insertion was performed at the same point (near the top of >the document) in both tests. > >Java-based or not, XXE has world-beating performance. > >Best regards >-------------- >Kevin Flynn >Birdstep Technology www.birdstep.com >Mobile: +47 93433942
