Re: [orca-list] Thunderbird and a huge list of messages

[Joanmarie Diggs <jdiggs igalia com>]

Hi Didier.

I can look again, but I believe the problem is not in Orca. Thunderbird 
is presumably flooding AT-SPI2 with children-changed events. If 
Thunderbird didn't do that, AT-SPI2 wouldn't get bogged down.

--joanie

On 8/14/19 5:04 AM, Didier Spaier wrote:
> Hello Christian,
>
> Orca is written in Python, an interpreted language, so it can't be as
> fast as a program written in C or C++ then compiled, so that's machine
> language code that is directly executed by the CPU.
>
> So yes, the only solution available now and in a foreseeable future is
> to not to feed it with more input than it can handle in a given amount
> of time, also considering that it relies on on *at* software that can
> also slow down the process.
>
> Best,
>
> Didier
>
>
> On 14/08/2019 09:50, Christian Schoepplein via orca-list wrote:
> > Hej,
> >
> > the same probleme here with Thunderbird and large mboxes :-(.
> >
> > And yes, I know how to filter mails or archive them...., but IMHO the
> > problem should be fixed in orca, Thunderbird or whatever related software
> > and not by changing workflows that reduce the count of messages in
> > folders.
> >
> > Is there anything we can do to get this fixed or how can we help?
> >
> > Cheers and thx,
> >
> >    Schoepp
> >
> > On Tue, August 13, 2019 9:59 pm, mattias jonsson via orca-list wrote:
> > > i have exact the same issue thunderbird and gmail lag.
> > >
> > >
> > > Den 12 augusti 2019 22:22:45 skrev Francisco Javier Dorado Martínez via
> > > orca-list <orca-list gnome org>:
> > >
> > > > Hello all,
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > I have a 20k inbox messages, yes it's insane but I don't decide to
> > > > delete it all because I think there will be a future when I finish
> > > > reading or send it to trash.
> > > >
> > > > In the mean while, Orca it's getting so lagging when changing folders
> > > > or changing between my mail accounts
> > > >
> > > > because I think there is a bunch of accessible objects creating /
> > > > removing.
> > > >
> > > > Can We make something on this respect? Is there any caching mechanics
> > > > to apply for Thunderbird?
> > > >
> > > > Or can We cache objects in another thread or something.. Whenever I
> > > > have to change folders I have to wait for near a minute until Orca is
> > > > available, or might be AT-SPI.
> > > >
> > > > If We can not make anything on the short, I will remove my inbox or try
> > > >   to organize it another way.
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > Many thanks
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > and regards
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > Javier
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >
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