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For me it's UI responsiveness - seems I must be one of few people in the world that care about it since I've never seen any article or benchmark on that (there

by Tomek_ 16y ago

For me it's UI responsiveness - seems I must be one of few people in the world that care about it since I've never seen any article or benchmark on that (there was a couple about startup times), so I'm not even sure if it isn't only a matter of perception, but for me the problem with Firefox is that the UI feels slow, like there is a lag between clicking on an element and an action being taken by the program. Safari is also very bad at it (in Windows), as well as IE (but to a lesser extent) - Opera and Chrome on the other side are both great. But again, it's never a topic, so I suppose there's no progress on that in FF4, or is there?

nailer 16y ago
UI responsiveness never seems to get the love it deserves. That I can count the time taken to respond to right-clicking a project in Eclipse on every machine and OS I have available is shocking. How can people use this software?
- cryptoz 16y ago
  I just right-clicked on a project in Navigator in Eclipse. It opened instantly. I have about 10 projects though; maybe you have way more? Not sure what the problem might be on your end, but rest assured Eclipse does not behave that slowly for those that use it.
  - pohl 16y ago
    Or, perhaps, a single project that is enormous. Eclipse has rarely felt responsive to me, either.
  - nailer 16y ago
    I can do this with a single project on Mac OS X 10.6, Ubuntu 10.10, and Windows 7, and I have been able to repeat the observable latency on every machine running Eclipse I have ever seen, including those which were said to be 'fine' by their users. I suspect it is more a matter of personal tolerance.
- meinhimmel 16y ago
  Are you doing Android development? If so, Eclipse 3.6 isn't compatible with the ADT plugin. I had the same slow downs, but moved back to 3.5, and it works fine now. http://developer.android.com/sdk/eclipse-adt.html http://developer.android.com/sdk/eclipse-adt.html
primigenus 16y ago
Actually, the Chrome team cares a lot about responsiveness and have written and even made videos on the subject. Here's an interview with Peter Kasting (UI engineer) specifically on the topic of UI responsiveness: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ymgXTdWWNUU&feature=player_embedded# http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ymgXTdWWNUU&feature=playe...!

by Tomek_ 16y ago

nailer 16y ago

UI responsiveness never seems to get the love it deserves. That I can count the time taken to respond to right-clicking a project in Eclipse on every machine and OS I have available is shocking. How can people use this software?

cryptoz 16y ago
I just right-clicked on a project in Navigator in Eclipse. It opened instantly. I have about 10 projects though; maybe you have way more? Not sure what the problem might be on your end, but rest assured Eclipse does not behave that slowly for those that use it.
- pohl 16y ago
  Or, perhaps, a single project that is enormous. Eclipse has rarely felt responsive to me, either.
- nailer 16y ago
  I can do this with a single project on Mac OS X 10.6, Ubuntu 10.10, and Windows 7, and I have been able to repeat the observable latency on every machine running Eclipse I have ever seen, including those which were said to be 'fine' by their users. I suspect it is more a matter of personal tolerance.
meinhimmel 16y ago
Are you doing Android development? If so, Eclipse 3.6 isn't compatible with the ADT plugin. I had the same slow downs, but moved back to 3.5, and it works fine now. http://developer.android.com/sdk/eclipse-adt.html http://developer.android.com/sdk/eclipse-adt.html

primigenus 16y ago

Actually, the Chrome team cares a lot about responsiveness and have written and even made videos on the subject. Here's an interview with Peter Kasting (UI engineer) specifically on the topic of UI responsiveness: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ymgXTdWWNUU&feature=player_embedded# http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ymgXTdWWNUU&feature=playe...!