Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Path: utzoo!mnetor!seismo!nbires!hao!noao!mcdsun!fnf From: fnf@mcdsun.UUCP (Fred Fish) Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga Subject: Re: statement Message-ID: <147@mcdsun.UUCP> Date: Wed, 17-Dec-86 11:11:31 EST Article-I.D.: mcdsun.147 Posted: Wed Dec 17 11:11:31 1986 Date-Received: Fri, 19-Dec-86 02:06:59 EST References: <8612160732.AA06465@cory.Berkeley.EDU> Reply-To: fnf@mcdsun.UUCP (Fred Fish) Organization: Motorola Microcomputer Division Lines: 17 In article <8612160732.AA06465@cory.Berkeley.EDU> dillon@CORY.BERKELEY.EDU (Matt Dillon) writes: >You don't seem to understand that placing everything in a single file per >folder would be at least an order of magnitude faster (read 10x), if not >more. I suspect you are probably right. What we need is a demo program that walks directory trees, doing nothing but putting up icons. When it finds a directory not containing a "quickicons" file, it munches all the existing .icon files and builds a new one. Once the users see how fast it really COULD be, the pressure for change will be on... -Fred -- =========================================================================== Fred Fish Motorola Computer Division, 3013 S 52nd St, Tempe, Az 85282 USA {seismo!noao!mcdsun,hplabs!well}!fnf (602) 438-5976 ===========================================================================