RE: [Vicaya-user] ATI CD

[Michael O. <mik...@pa...>]

Hello AG et al,

I did a little test with no other programs running. Results below.
Subjectively it was much faster.

From insert CD to command prompt: 	     21 and 14 sec.
From cmd to splash:						6 and 4 sec.
From splash to index.html				17 and 12 sec.

Search: I searched for 'Buddha' likely a middle sized search (200 results).
Other searches to try at another time: 'Blessed One' (bhk thanissaro's
trans) and 'Monks' which would likely produce thousands of hits.

From pressing search button to results page: 21 and 17 sec [Control: it took
less than one second for the same search on the website with my fast
computer and a DSL line].
Secondary results page 5 sec for the second try only...see next

First time around I made a mistake and clicked off the browser before doing
the secondary search. I could not think of how to bring up the browser again
other than to click off the command prompt, withdraw the CD and start again.
I was unable to start again using the same CD Rom drive*...opening and
shutting the drawer it just sat there. Even taking out the CD closing the
drawer, opening it and replacing it did not start the command prompt a
second time. The second drive is a DVD drive which is faster which explains
the differences ?? for the second set of results.

I see confusion of this sort in the end user without some way to bring back
the browser. I was able to bring back the browser using 'localhost:8108' but
at this point I am not positive it was the CD I got because I have several
versions of the thing on my computer now. I am guessing it was in fact the
CD...ok, it must have been the CD...I tried clicking off the browser and
removing the CD and using localhost:8108 and got a file not found error.

Of course clicking 'Restart' right-clicking the taskbar button brought up an
'error starting catalina'. But that would be one place to put an option to
bring up the browser again.

*the third or fourth try to get the first CD to work again actually did
bring up the command prompt but it just sat there with the opening jar java
jar statement.
OK. I just tried the CDRom Drive again after a long pause and it worked as
per the first time. So there is some issue with it cleaning up files or
something else still going on if you flip around too quickly.

Some speed issues may be resolved the second time a user uses the thing as
some items will be cached.

Take Care!
obo




-----Original Message-----
From: ale...@gm... [mailto:ale...@gm...]On Behalf Of
Alexander E Genaud
Sent: Wednesday, May 31, 2006 8:27 AM
To: Michael Olds
Cc: vic...@li...
Subject: Re: [Vicaya-user] ATI CD


Hej Michael,

Thank you for the feedback.

Please let me know if you continue to find 0.1.6 to be slower than
previous versions (with the same media). I am aware of various issues
related to the arising and ceasing of Vicaya instances, but not sure
of the best solutions. As for the icon, I would prefer to punt issues
unrelated to search, such as content and graphics to John. Perhaps you
can post concerns, feature requests, and bugs online:

http://sourceforge.net/tracker/?group_id=113008

Thanks again,
Alex


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2006/5/31, Michael Olds <mik...@pa...>:
> Hello,
>
> First impression: it worked. I copied it to CD and used it that way,
waiting
> for it to auto-run, which it did...eventually. This version was
considerably
> slower in all phases than the previous version for me. This may well be
> because of the million applications (streaming quotes, news) I have open
in
> the mornings. I will try it again later this afternoon to confirm.
>
> It might be helpful, even for those who are 'beta testers' if we had a
> README up top to tell people what to copy to the CD if they want to try it
> as a CD rather than off their desktop (meaning don't copy the vicaya-0.1.6
> directory, but it's contents.
>
> As previously noted, the small system tray icon comes off as a gray blur
on
> my PC. It may not be recognizable as belonging to ATI or the Vicaya tool.
On
> the other hand the icon that takes over the CD Drive icon looks great.
>
> For the casual user there should be a clear way to exit, not the two-step
> that is needed now. I would like to see: exit from browser exits from the
CD
> which is what the user expects. Most users will not think of
right-clicking
> the system icon and will also not know how to exit from the command prompt
> (PC). ? An exit button that lies behind the browser as a pop-under window?
>
> It may be that I should retract the previous comment concerning the
> automatic exiting of the command prompt at opening.
>
> Ta.n p'assa taadisam'eva,||
> ta.n p'assa taadisam'evaa.||
>
> Six of one, half a dozen of the other as to the issue of wondering what it
> is doing versus wishing it wern't there to deal with at the end.
>
> Take Care!
> obo