Date: Tue, 13 May 1997 15:13:54 -0600 From: "Justin T. Gibbs" <gibbs@plutotech.com> To: Terry Lambert <terry@lambert.org> Cc: msmith@atrad.adelaide.edu.au (Michael Smith), hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: 2.2 Splashkit Message-ID: <199705132015.OAA29942@pluto.plutotech.com> In-Reply-To: Your message of "Tue, 13 May 1997 12:03:47 PDT." <199705131903.MAA10538@phaeton.artisoft.com>
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> "It's not actualy speed the users are itnterested in, > it's the *appearance* of speed. A program which comes > up in 10 seconds and paints part of the screen every > 2 seconds is considered 'slow'. A program which comes > up in 16 seconds and then page-flips to draw the screen > is considered 'fast'" No. A program that takes 15 seconds to first paint the screen is considered slower than a program that takes 1 second to put up a "splash screen" and an additional 20 seconds to bring the rest of the app up. -- Justin T. Gibbs =========================================== FreeBSD: Turning PCs into workstations ===========================================
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