From owner-freebsd-hackers Tue May 13 13:17:22 1997 Return-Path: Received: (from root@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.5/8.8.5) id NAA10906 for hackers-outgoing; Tue, 13 May 1997 13:17:22 -0700 (PDT) Received: from pluto.plutotech.com (root@pluto100.plutotech.com [206.168.67.137]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.5/8.8.5) with ESMTP id NAA10898 for ; Tue, 13 May 1997 13:17:20 -0700 (PDT) Received: from narnia.plutotech.com (narnia.plutotech.com [206.168.67.130]) by pluto.plutotech.com (8.8.5/8.8.3) with ESMTP id OAA29942; Tue, 13 May 1997 14:15:20 -0600 (MDT) Message-Id: <199705132015.OAA29942@pluto.plutotech.com> X-Mailer: exmh version 2.0beta 12/23/96 To: Terry Lambert cc: msmith@atrad.adelaide.edu.au (Michael Smith), hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: 2.2 Splashkit In-reply-to: Your message of "Tue, 13 May 1997 12:03:47 PDT." <199705131903.MAA10538@phaeton.artisoft.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Date: Tue, 13 May 1997 15:13:54 -0600 From: "Justin T. Gibbs" Sender: owner-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk > "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 ===========================================