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I don’t agree with this at all. It used to be that, for example, if you wanted to spell-check your word processing document, you had to select “Check Spelling”
by thewebcount 4y ago
I don’t agree with this at all. It used to be that, for example, if you wanted to spell-check your word processing document, you had to select “Check Spelling” from a menu, and it would analyze the document and give you the results. Now it happens as I’m typing. There are numerous things like this that we rely on but have forgotten didn’t happen even a short time ago. File search is another. The metadata and contents of files is constantly being indexed so that when you search for something, you get results within seconds if not faster. I remember waiting for Windows search to find a file on a “large” hard drive. It was excruciating sometimes.
- AnIdiotOnTheNet 4y agoNone of which can explain why launching an Explorer window takes a perceptible amount of time, or this: https://youtu.be/GC-0tCy4P1U?t=1767 https://youtu.be/GC-0tCy4P1U?t=1767 , or any of thousands of similar atrocities of wasting everyone's computing resources and time to accomplish nothing of note.
- eternityforest 4y agoBecause people spouted crap about premature optimization any time someone wanted to do anything like lazy load an uncommonly used feature?