Re: [orca-list] Thunderbird is really Groovin'!

[Michael Whapples <mwhapples aim com>]

Hello,
I have to be honest, I haven't read those bug reports, but here are some 
observations/comments.

Firstly knowing exact number of items in such a large list isn't 
something I really need to know, if it was then a key press to get that 
information would be sufficient.

Now for an observation, it has been said in this thread that a large 
list seems to cause the sluggishness, I have just tried in thunderbird 
and it actually seems to be when near the end of a long list. If I am at 
the beginning of my message list (which is far too big, I really should 
clean it out) then orca is very snappy, but go to the end and it goes 
really slow, go to the middle and it is certainly faster than at the end 
but certainly slower than at the beginning. Does this observation help?

Michael Whapples
On -10/01/37 20:59, Isaac Porat wrote:
> Hi Joanie
>
> If looking at the bugs below, and if I understood it correctly the problem
> comes from the need  to announce the number of items, perhaps a way around
> is  (until this bug is fixed if it does) is to scan the rows only up to a
> certain limit (say 100) and announce to the user 'Over 100 items' or an
> abbreviated version something like '100 plus'; I suspect that in most
> situations the actual number of items in a very long list is not that
> important; a snappy performance is perhaps more desirable.
> For those who need to know the exact number of items in a huge tree, perhaps
> a general info shortcut (if not included already) could do the job.
>
> Regards
> Isaac
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: orca-list-bounces gnome org [mailto:orca-list-bounces gnome org] On
> Behalf Of Joanmarie Diggs
> Sent: 30 August 2009 22:35
> To: Kyle
> Cc: orca-list gnome org
> Subject: Re: [orca-list] Thunderbird is really Groovin'!
>
> Hi Kyle.
>
> On Sun, 2009-08-30 at 17:22 -0400, Kyle wrote:
> [...]
>    
> > search box, and navigate back to the list, the problem returns. This
> > probably should be filed as a bug, but should it be filed against Orca
> > or TBird?
> >      
> I'm afraid we're already aware of this issue. Sluggishness in tables should
> be largely (if not entirely) resolved if we had a reciprocal relationship
> for NODE_CHILD_OF. See the following bugs:
>
> http://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=569427
> http://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=569428
> http://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=569430
>
> --joanie
>
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