Sugg: Startup Speed Enhancement

With a fair amount of focus having been given recently to increase efficiency of application launching, I thought I'd make another suggestion in this direction. I hate to add another item to the to-do list at a time when (it feels like) the developers must be scrambling to get ready for the stable release of 6.4, but FWIW...

I highly suspect that the vast majority of the Logos user base does most of their work on one specific machine. That is NOT to say that they own only one, but that they have a "primary" installation of Logos. I would therefore recommend adding the ABILITY (nobody panic, please!😝) to eliminate this window:

Whenever I've been working on my primary machine the most recently, and startup on that (primary) machine, I know that there are no new documents or settings that are crucial to my immediate workflow. I almost always click on "skip" in order to get started a little sooner, with the knowledge that synchronization continues in the background.

My proposition is simply to add a setting (in program settings) to turn "skip" on as a default.

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Lynden O. Williams

Sounds reasonable.

JimTowler

https://community.logos.com/discussion/comment/736539#Comment_736539

Same please!

My PC is an Intel i7 quad-core 3 GHz something with 32 GB ram and I hate it takes a minute or two to start and get into the app.

I so wish it would load almost instant and put all that "other stuff" into background threads please.

Windows Notepad, Calc and so on open in 1-2 seconds. Adobe Lightroom CC opens in 5 seconds then another 3 -5 seconds to finish loading the last set of photos etc. Microsoft Word opens in 6 seconds. Microchips IDE which is a large Java-based development tool loads in under 10 seconds. Google Earth loads and zooms into the map in around 10 seconds. I don't have a slow pc.

Bruce Dunning

My proposition is simply to add a setting (in program settings) to turn "skip" on as a default.

I like that suggestion.

Francis

https://community.logos.com/discussion/comment/736696#Comment_736696

Reuben, why use "Sugg:" as a prefix to your post title, when you can post into the "Suggestions" category? Is this intentional or an oversight? Or did you hope it would be noticed by the beta developers by posting it there? It's an interesting idea, but what's the rush?

Reuben Helmuth

https://community.logos.com/discussion/comment/736723#Comment_736723

Is this intentional or an oversight?

It is intentional because it relates to something that has been a focus for the developers in (I believe) the last cycle or two.

Reuben Helmuth

https://community.logos.com/discussion/comment/736741#Comment_736741

Bump -- FL

When I originally listed this in my "improvements" list, I went a step further and proposed that the "sign in" process could also be made secondary. Perhaps this could be an additional (sub)setting. I like how fast Logos loads when "use internet" is set to "no," but 5-10 into my workflow I want to be able to sync.

Francis

https://community.logos.com/discussion/comment/737810#Comment_737810

I like how fast Logos loads when "use internet" is set to "no," but 5-10 into my workflow I want to be able to sync.

So perhaps instead of a all or nothing approach, there could be a sync automatically / sync manually option. This would distinguish it from use or not use Internet since the latter can include downloading updates or streaming video content.

Reuben Helmuth

https://community.logos.com/discussion/comment/737811#Comment_737811

So perhaps instead of a all or nothing approach, there could be a sync automatically / sync manually option. This would distinguish it from use or not use Internet since the latter can include downloading updates or streaming video content.

That would be one option, but many people may still want the periodic auto syncing once they're working, so I'd propose "delay sign-in" and "delay sync" settings that would make those activities wait for ~5 minutes.

Francis

https://community.logos.com/discussion/comment/737814#Comment_737814

I'd propose "delay sign-in" and "delay sync" settings that would make those activities wait for ~5 minutes

I am not sure whether aside from syncing there are other tasks involved in signing in that contribute to startup delay. If not, then it would be a matter of options as to "when to sync" similar to send/receive options in Microsoft Outlook:

Lynden O. Williams

https://community.logos.com/discussion/comment/737817#Comment_737817

Presently we can choose not to use internet at all and the program will be very snappy. This is ideal if Logos is only on one computer. The downside is you cannot get updates, and your settings and documents will not sink in case of a crash or loss of computer.

The ideal solution is to allow the program to start up offline, then a switch can be flipped which will allow the program go online.

Reuben Helmuth

https://community.logos.com/discussion/comment/737823#Comment_737823

The ideal solution is to allow the program to start up offline, then a switch can be flipped which will allow the program go online.

The "delay" that I proposed would accomplish this but would automatically "flip the switch" at a preset (perhaps customizable) time, following startup.

Reuben Helmuth

https://community.logos.com/discussion/comment/737817#Comment_737817

I am not sure whether aside from syncing there are other tasks involved in signing in that contribute to startup delay.

I suspect there are because of how long the "signing in" screen appears before the "syncing" screen comes on (at which point I'm finally allowed to "skip...this time only!😧).

SineNomine

https://community.logos.com/discussion/comment/736696#Comment_736696

My proposition is simply to add a setting (in program settings) to turn "skip" on as a default.

I like that suggestion.

Likewise. This is a really good idea.

Eli Evans (Logos)

https://community.logos.com/discussion/comment/737838#Comment_737838

I've taken these suggestions and put them on the list of things to consider, thanks!

Lynden O. Williams

https://community.logos.com/discussion/comment/737847#Comment_737847

Thanks for listening Eli.

Reuben Helmuth

https://community.logos.com/discussion/comment/737847#Comment_737847

I've taken these suggestions and put them on the list of things to consider, thanks!

Thanks, Eli! If I were a punk, I'd say "you rock"! 😆

Reuben Helmuth

https://community.logos.com/discussion/comment/737847#Comment_737847

I've taken these suggestions and put them on the list of things to consider, thanks!

Considerations been serious?! 😺