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Find And Run Robot / Re: FARR 1.13.01 launches SLOWER than 1.09.05

« on: December 11, 2006, 05:21 PM »

And definitely check out the options lanux posted about.

-mouser (December 11, 2006, 01:57 AM)

OK, the options were:
1. Try to keep search directories in system cache for faster search
2. Try to keep program in memory for faster wakupe

#2 was already checked.  I checked #1.  No change.  Reverted back to 1.09.05, and startup is faster again.

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Find And Run Robot / Re: FARR 1.13.01 launches SLOWER than 1.09.05

« on: December 11, 2006, 04:51 PM »

Firstly, I am using the identical settings file each time.  I am installing 1.09.05 on top of 1.13.01, then 1.13.01 on top of 1.09.05, then back again, etc., and I'm making no configuration changes at any point.

Secondly, I am doing REPEATED opens and closes (I'm actually using Ctrl-space).  I'm not waiting and doing other stuff.  I ctrl-space, then ctrl-space to close it, then a second later I try again with ctrl-space to open it, etc.  So there is no period of disuse at all in my test.  And the slowness I'm reporting is ignoring the time it takes to launch the very first time, but rather I'm only talking about the time it takes for subsequent launches.

I'll say more about my observation:

With 1.09.05, when I hit ctrl-space, the top portion of the FaRR window comes up almost immediately - the part with the title bar, and the text field.  Then, about a second later, the area below that appears, and is filled in with my 9 most recently launched applications.

With 1.13.01, when I hit ctrl-space, nothing appears immediately.  About a second later, the entire window (title bar, text field, and recent applications) appears all at the same instant.

I hope that observation helps point things in the right direction.

Regarding the options lanux posted about...aha, I hadn't understood that those are options now present in 1.13.01.  I will reinstall 1.13.01 and see if that helps!

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Find And Run Robot / Re: FARR 1.13.01 launches SLOWER than 1.09.05

« on: December 10, 2006, 11:29 PM »

Well, people are STILL using older versions regardless (as I was all this time).  Clearly labelling each version is usually the way to go.  Most sites tend to keep legacy versions around for just these kinds of reasons.

Anyway, I'd be happy to help!  How do I help in those areas?

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Find And Run Robot / FARR 1.13.01 launches SLOWER than 1.09.05

« on: December 10, 2006, 11:13 PM »

First let me say that FARR is one of the best tools I've encountered in a long time.

Like many, I have found the startup delay to be a bit of a problem, particularly since the first few keys I type might be lost between pressing the hotkey and the window appearing.  (Yes, I know this will mostly be resolved if I turn off history...but history is useful!)  So I intentionally wait a second after hitting the hotkey before I start typing.

Anyway, I'd been using 1.09.05 all this time.  I just upgraded to 1.13.01 (noticing that the changelog mentions that an attempt has been made to improve upon this issue), and it's DEFINITELY slower for me, meaning even more keys will be lost unless I wait even longer.

I reinstalled 1.09.05...faster again.  Reinstalled 1.13.01...slower again.  I repeated a few times, and it was always the same.

So...I'll go back to 1.09.05 and stay there for now!  Just wanted to pass this information along.  FYI, I'm using Windows XP SP2 on a 1.7GHz machine with 1.5GB of RAM.

Do you keep a link available to older versions?  I want to recommend this tool to friends, but I'm less inclined to recommend 1.13.01 than I am the 1.09.05 that I know is faster.

Thanks again for your great tool!