Re: Time to Load Palm Note Book

"Jack Miller" <JACK@lagoon.palm.com>

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From: "Jack Miller" <JACK@lagoon.palm.com>
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Subject:      Re: Time to Load Palm Note Book
Status: RO

Roughly speaking, the net time to access a Notebook is:
(P*(T*t))+W
Where T = the ave. # characters/page
     P = # pages
     t = time to load a T's worth of text
     W = time spent "optimizing" the notebook structure

Empirical testing:  2 notebooks:  a] w/1screen of text per page on 20 
pages (identical text each page).  The other, b] w/7 screens of 
identical text on 3 pages.  Total text in both notebooks is the same.  
Both notebooks = ~12k bytes.  Both loaded w/Notebook app NOT in 
cache.  

Loading a] 13 secs.
Loading b] 11 secs.
Time spent tweaking the structure: 9 minutes
Conclusion: It takes as long as it takes!

People should structure their notebooks according to the logic of the 
information contained.

jack miller
Palm Tech Support