[OPEN-ILS-DEV] Mac client slowness

[Ben Shum]

Hi Carl,

Yes, unfortunately we noted similar reaction times when using xulrunner
1.9 with older Evergreen versions.  The most I ever learned about this
was that xulrunner 1.9 was just darned slow on Macs.  Since it wasn't
being supported by Mozilla anymore, we never got to the bottom of it. 
The tendency at the time was to work with newer xulrunner versions and
hope for a brighter future.

That said, for whatever it's worth, once we upgraded to Evergreen 2.3+
and started using the newer xulrunners (14+), we saw a dramatic pickup
in overall speed during use to the point where we could actually use the
client again.

Otherwise, I've never supported Mac client use on older versions so
unfortunately have little else to contribute to this.

Sorry, hope someone else has some insights, but I doubt anyone actively
hacks on old xulrunners and Mac clients.

-- Ben

On 04/10/2013 02:40 PM, Carl E Johnson wrote:
> Mac client slowness Does anyone have any wisdom to share regarding
> extreme slowness in the Mac client versus Windows/ Linux?
>
> I have created several clients using the xulrunner —install-app method
> as well as SITKA pre-built clients and they all have been extremely
> slow compared to Windows or Linux.
>
> The two main issues experienced are:
> 1) Slowness with any operation causing a tab to open or change, such
> as searching for patron, refreshing, creating new MARC record etc. It
> can take from 10 to 30 seconds for a page to load! Once open the
> operations are smooth, such as when checking in multiple items.
> 2) Toolbars do not save under Workstation Administration and must be
> re-added for each session.
>
> This seems to be a Xulrunner problem with Macs. I am able to run the
> Mac app in Linux from the Terminal with no speed problems:
>
>  xulrunner /MacHD/Evergreen.app/Contents/Resources/application.ini
>
> So it appears to be a problem with how Macs handle the Xulrunner
> Framework, not with the Evergreen application itself. Can anyone
> suggest a way to debug this?
>
> We are running version 2.2.3 with Xulrunner 1.9.2.8 but it has become
> very frustrating for our staff. One of our branch libraries using Macs
> has resorted to running Vmware to run Evergreen in Windows! I
> sometimes boot to a Linux openSUSE partition on my Mac to speed my
> workflow.
>
> Carl Johnson
> Clift Music Library
> Phillips Academy Andover
> North of Boston Library Exchange (NOBLE)
>
> cjohnson1- at -a-n-d-o-v-e-r-.-e-d-u
>
>
> This is my first post so please forgive me if I stumbled. 

-- 
Benjamin Shum
Open Source Software Coordinator
Bibliomation, Inc.
32 Crest Road
Middlebury, CT 06762
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