Layout and resources

Matt Wright

I have my desktop layout in 5 panes, with multiple tabs.

First window has one text book open with 12 tabs for others brought together.

2nd window has my main bible translation with 5 tabs for other versions

3rd window has another bible translation, open for comparison

4th window also contains commentary, text books ... with 9 tabs holding other volumes.

I have an iMac with 16gb ram and 3 TB HDD fusion drive.

Yet when reading I get the "spinning wheel ..." .

I go to another desktop, no spinning wheel.

What is the optimum number of resources to have open and tabbed in any layout?

suggestions - help - tips: all suggestions gratefully received.

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Mike Binks

What is the optimum number of resources to have open and tabbed in any layout?

suggestions - help - tips: all suggestions gratefully received.

Hi Colin

I don't think there is an optimal number - the processor is more likely to be engaged by the fact that either a number of the panels are linked, or the history window is open, or something else is causing a 'processor intensive' regeneration everytime you scroll.

Cmd+Shift+4 used to grab a screen shot might help with diagnosis.

Matt Wright

https://community.logos.com/discussion/comment/711606#Comment_711606

Bibles are linked ... not the books and commentaries

Mike Binks

https://community.logos.com/discussion/comment/711630#Comment_711630

Hi Colin

Nothing jumps out at me.

I seem to remember that it is better to have columns set at 'none' for each resource but I can't remember why.

Perhaps somebody else will have some ideas.

DMB

https://community.logos.com/discussion/comment/711693#Comment_711693

I can't speak to the Mac. But I can speak to my own experience, if it helps any. I run with 4 windows and about 130 resources. Bibles all linked. Lexicons all linked. 5 Cited-By panels. Performance is what I call 'early Logos5' using Logos6 (late Logos5 was the best Logos performance).

What can bring my house of cards to a quick halt are:

- Visual filters. 'Links to open panels' and 'Sympathetic highlighting'. I use neither of these. They're best used with limited number of resources open.

- On-line. I run off-line and then sync periodically. Running on-line, I never know when Logos wants to call home. It's always at the wrong time.

Surprisingly, the CitedBy's are quite efficient. I don't use linked guides or linked text comparion panels; those are also a disaster (I do use but unlinked).

On Windows, performance per resource appears to only be impacted if the resource is viewable (i.e. not a tabbed resouce not in view). So, I can have 15 lexicons linked but little performance cost since only 1 is in view. I don't know how they did the Mac version in the resource text-block buffering.