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Subject:Re: Dialog - splash screen duration.
Date:Fri, 11 Jul 2003 13:36:43 +1000
From:John Fitzsimons <xpm4senn001@sneakemail.com>
Newsgroups:news.software.readers
On Thu, 10 Jul 2003 12:38:59 +0200, Marcus Mönnig wrote:

> On Sun, 6 Jul 2003 11:04:17 +1000, John Fitzsimons wrote:

Hi Marcus,

>> Is anyone else here getting a long splash screen duration during the first
>> loading of Dialog ? I usually get at least 10 seconds, probably closer to
>> 20, or more.

>> Compared to the about 2 seconds for Agent it is rather annoying IMO.

> How many servers and groups (see the hint when hovering over the "All"
> groups tab) do you have in Dialog and how many groups do you have in Agent?

Do you mean total groups or subscribed groups ? I guess you mean the former 
?

Agent 62,774.

Dialog 66,373

>> Is there any way to shorten this, not display it, 

> The delay is not caused by the splash screen. It's the other way round. The
> splash screen is shown as long as it takes Dialog to start up. It wouldn't be
> faster without a splash screen.

< snip >

Yes, I have since found that out.

IMO it has something to do with the files in the Dialog directories. Please 
take a look at my post Dialog - HUGE directory !


Regards, John.