[ale] What were they thinking?

[Irv]

On Mon, 07 May 2001, aaron wrote:
> 
> Are you sure the updated Xfree86 and xwindows didn't introduce some odd
> config or screen mode quirk with your particular graphics chipset?? Did
> gnome and other window managers also exhibit the kinds of extreme delay
> you mention?
>
Well, I have not way to be _sure_, but Gnome runs pretty well, and 
other, more plain wm's run as quickly as always, as far as I can tell.

> I expect to be updating to RH 7.1 from 7.0 soon and I'll watch for any
> changes in interface response. So far, I've been -very- happy with the
> responsiveness and configurability of gnome [600mhz PIII / Matrox
> G400]. Refresh rates, scrolling, re-draw and screen flipping all
> perform with expected, near instantaneous speed. The only significant
> delays I can note happen when initializing huge apps like Star Office,
> and the GUI isn't at fault there; it would be nice if accepted GUI
> standards included immediate "initializing" or "busy" indicators with
> new program launching so the user sees that their requests are being
> attended to.

I expect delays for things like Star Office and (erk) Netscape, but 
simple apps like xterm and kmail shouldn't be significantly slower than 
on earlier versions, should they?  And, I agree, something that would 
show some indication of progress for larger apps would be a big help.
Especially since I often click _again_, thinking I must have missed the 
first time, when there's no apparent response for several seconds.

Regards,
Irv
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