Michael Nelson wrote:

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On Tue, May 30, 2006 at 12:23:16PM +1000, Basil Chupin wrote:

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Strange- it only takes 2.2 seconds to open a document here (on 10.1).

I agree that the issue with Acrobat seems to be a problem with some user systems. It works on fine on my 10.1 system, no issues with speed or opening PDF's.

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My point isn't that it doesn't work perfectly well on some 10.1 systems, it does. My point, and the point of the bug, is that on some systems it is so slow as to be virtually unusable.

I am wondering if your install was a fresh install or did you upgrade?

The problem with what you just said is how does one decide that it is a "bug" because as you just said that it works perfectly on other installations?

You need to submit a detailed bug report detailing the hardware and software environment.

The bottom line really about this is that I have installed Windows on other people's computers which had a diverse sets of components and Windows always installs first up and works on all those systems; if I install Acrobat reader on a Windows computer it reads whatever pdf document I throw at it without blinking, and if I install ANY piece of software written for Windows it INSTALLS without first having to wank itself stupid deciding if there are dependencies which first need to be satisfied.

Windows dependecies are called DLL hell and yes, software installs seamlessly on Windows, no matter what it breaks in the process. At least with Linux, we usually know if we have a problem or conflict. If you want to really see the gates of hell with Windows, try moving a Windows 2000 or XP hard drive from one computer to another.

-- Ignorance can be corrected. Stupidity is permanent.

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