Re: irritating behaviour of the interface (Mathematica 8.0.0, Ubuntu
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- Subject: [mg118275] Re: irritating behaviour of the interface (Mathematica 8.0.0, Ubuntu
- From: Armand Tamzarian <mike.honeychurch at gmail.com>, ZZ at wolfram.com
- Date: Tue, 19 Apr 2011 06:58:28 -0400 (EDT)
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On Apr 18, 9:16 am, David Bailey <d... at removedbailey.co.uk> wrote: > On 17/04/2011 12:53, Armand Tamzarian wrote: > > > On the other hand ever since 8.0.1 I have noticed a slowdown in the > > responsiveness of the help documentation. In 8.0.0 things just opened > > and you read them. With this version you become conscious of the wait. > > > (thats on a Mac) > > > Mike > > I have never understood why the help system is so sluggish (on Windows) > - I mean GOOGLE can often beat it for speed, and that has to go over the > internet! > > David Baileyhttp://www.dbaileyconsultancy.co.uk Another product that is kind of syruppy had a help system in 2009 that took so long you could make a cup of coffee (it was an absolute joke) but in 2010 they released a new version and fixed it and made it was very fast. I also do not understand why the Mathematica documentation loads so slowly. Mike