New for 8.5.2: Lotus Notes Preloader
Ok I admit it, I'm a bit behind the 8.5.2 Gold Release Bandwagon. I've played about a bit with the DP releases (and kept my mouth shut like I'm supposed to); but I haven't actually had the chance to install / play with the Gold release until this morning.
Something really cool about this release is the Lotus Notes Preloader, and the fact that during install you are asked whether or not you want to Launch parts of Notes when the operating system starts to enable faster Notes startup.
Many other applications / tools / suites have, for years now, preloaded portions of themselves into memory at OS startup in order to allow themselves to launch quickly when the user needs them. The fact that IBM is just now doing this for Notes is very cool -but is in itself not really (at least IMHO) that big of a deal.
In case you missed it, allow me to point out the very important thing:
During install you are asked whether or not you want to Launch parts of Notes when the operating system starts to enable faster Notes startup.
That, my friends, is totally awesome.
-Devin
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Comments
Posted by Chris Miller At 11:01:54 AM On 08/26/2010 | - Website - |
But Internet Explorer, which is nothing but a web browser (and a crappy one at that), still often takes over a minute to load the first time after a reboot. For crying out loud, when is IBM going to fix that?
Oh... wait... I keep forgetting that's Microsoft's problem. But aren't they way better at writing software than IBM? Seems to me I've heard that somewhere. So why is their flagship browser still buggy, archaic, bloated and slow? I'm so confused.
Posted by Tim Tripcony At 12:06:06 PM On 08/26/2010 | - Website - |
Netscape vs. IE
Netware vs. NT
Oracle vs. SQL Server
Notes vs. SharePoint
Posted by Curt Stone At 01:04:22 PM On 08/26/2010 | - Website - |
Posted by Jfranchetti At 01:46:00 PM On 08/26/2010 | - Website - |
@All: One of my biggest pet peeves about modern software (specifically with regard to the Windows platform) is that everything tries to preload itself so it seems faster when you actually call it. Seems like a good idea, until your system is so bloated and bogged down with preloaded crap that it can barely run.
Software the preloads at OS start is cool -provided I CHOOSE to have it preload, and can CHOOSE to not have it do so as well.
Posted by Devin Olson At 02:08:01 PM On 08/26/2010 | - Website - |
It only asked me the preloading question the first time.
8.5.2 is still very slow on my system - perhaps you're not running an Anti-Virus?
I'm with Devin. All this preloading is rubbish. Sometimes I start the PC intending to browse, sometimes to use Notes and sometimes to play a game. Why do I have to run Notes EVERY TIME?
Posted by Gavin Bollard At 06:29:46 PM On 08/26/2010 | - Website - |
Most companies simple DONT ASK.
Posted by Patrick Kwinten At 02:07:17 AM On 08/27/2010 | - Website - |
Try to keep MS Office/Outlook from pre-loading during/after install ?
Posted by Dag Kvello At 07:44:56 AM On 08/27/2010 | - Website - |
"The preloader is most effective with Windows XP" see >> { Link }
and that is right
under win7 i dont see any difference
but under xp it does startup a bit faster.
so is the point having this option enable while many companies starting to move to OS win7
Posted by Danny Mo At 03:46:30 AM On 08/31/2010 | - Website - |
Posted by dipti At 03:10:55 AM On 12/02/2010 | - Website - |