3.0 testing priorities

[Dirk Hohndel]

Amit Chaudhuri <amit.k.chaudhuri at gmail.com> writes:

> Testing OS X
>
> Deleted all previous applications (drag to trash).
>
> Confirmed I have the latest ( - 26 - sha etc)

So you downloaded the latest DMG, correct?

> Started to test various basic menu options.  Response times are pretty
> rubbish...

Yep, they are.

> On Linux (admittedly half decent 64 bit desktop machine) menu responses are
> immediate.  On the Mac Book Pro, they are so slow I'm thinking "this app is
> going to drive me nuts"....

I don't experience it as THAT bad. The About menu is particularly
crazy. The rest tends to be "ok - not snappy, but fine".

> Returning to the app on subsequent tests things seem to get a bit
> snappier.  It's as if the first time it runs something it really can't be
> bothered but then it learns how to go a bit quicker.  But these are things
> I'd expect to happen really fast.

:-(

> The map widget seems to come up fast.  The about dialog not so.  Planner
> also rather sluggish.  Does gtk on mac go around the houses somehow? And
> does the map widget by pass this stuff?
>
> To test the web service, do I need some sort of id?

Yes. Go to http://api.hohndel.org and create one there

> I have Suunto devices (Gekko & Vyper Air).  I'm not aware of having tripped
> over the compressed data formats you mentioned.  Is this something I can do
> it someone sends a file to test? Or are they things that can be persuaded
> out of other applications (e.g. Suunto DM4)?

Did you try downloading from the devices?

/D