[openbeos] Re: ShowImage "Mirror" Operations

<holmqvist.fredrik@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> A plugins based app should only load slower if there are plugins 
> while one that
> has all the 'optionals' built in will always be slower for those who 
> never use them.
> Comparing two completly different apps, is very much apples and 
> oranges.

Sorry, that's simply untrue. An application that loads add-ons is 
slower than one that doesn't, almost no matter how big the app is; the 
parts that aren't used in an application are only loaded on-demand, 
they never get loaded if the functionality is never used (same for 
libraries).
What's taking long with add-ons is not just loading them - it's the 
linking process and all that that takes time.

Dunno where you're taking apples and oranges from, anyway. I think 
Refraction is just poorly designed, especially in BeOS with its 32 MB 
system wide add-on limit (but even without it).

Bye,
   Axel.

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