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irritating behaviour of the interface (Mathematica 8.0.0, Ubuntu 64b)

Started byChrisL <chris.ladroue@gmail.com>
First post2011-04-13 09:53 +0000
Last post2011-04-19 10:58 +0000
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  irritating behaviour of the interface (Mathematica 8.0.0, Ubuntu 64b) ChrisL <chris.ladroue@gmail.com> - 2011-04-13 09:53 +0000
    Re: irritating behaviour of the interface (Mathematica 8.0.0, Ubuntu David Bailey <dave@removedbailey.co.uk> - 2011-04-14 11:07 +0000
      Re: irritating behaviour of the interface (Mathematica 8.0.0, Ubuntu ChrisL <chris.ladroue@gmail.com> - 2011-04-16 11:38 +0000
        Re: irritating behaviour of the interface (Mathematica 8.0.0, Ubuntu Armand Tamzarian <mike.honeychurch@gmail.com> - 2011-04-17 11:53 +0000
          Re: irritating behaviour of the interface (Mathematica 8.0.0, Ubuntu David Bailey <dave@removedbailey.co.uk> - 2011-04-17 23:16 +0000
      Re: irritating behaviour of the interface (Mathematica 8.0.0, Ubuntu Armand Tamzarian <mike.honeychurch@gmail.com>ZZ - 2011-04-19 10:58 +0000

#1648 — irritating behaviour of the interface (Mathematica 8.0.0, Ubuntu 64b)

FromChrisL <chris.ladroue@gmail.com>
Date2011-04-13 09:53 +0000
Subjectirritating behaviour of the interface (Mathematica 8.0.0, Ubuntu 64b)
Message-ID<io3rr9$1oq$1@smc.vnet.net>
Dear all,

Ever since I've upgraded to Mathematica 8, the interface presents a
very strange behaviour; it becomes either unresponsive or
misinterprets the keyboard, and is generally a bit sluggish.
A typical example is that if I start typing a bit fast, the cursor
jumps to a new line (*). Another example is I press the down key but
the cursor goes up, repeatedly.

I don't have these issues with the workbench, so it's restricted to
the interface.

Is there any I can do? Would upgrading to 8.0.1 fix things?
This is becoming really impossible to work from the interface.

Thank you in advance,
Cheers,
Chris

* not an issue with the laptop's trackpad, I'm fairly sure. I haven't
started to type differently since Mathematica 8.0.0. And clicking from
the trackpad is disabled anyway.

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#1677 — Re: irritating behaviour of the interface (Mathematica 8.0.0, Ubuntu

FromDavid Bailey <dave@removedbailey.co.uk>
Date2011-04-14 11:07 +0000
SubjectRe: irritating behaviour of the interface (Mathematica 8.0.0, Ubuntu
Message-ID<io6kic$fen$1@smc.vnet.net>
In reply to#1648
On 13/04/2011 10:53, ChrisL wrote:
> Dear all,
>
> Ever since I've upgraded to Mathematica 8, the interface presents a
> very strange behaviour; it becomes either unresponsive or
> misinterprets the keyboard, and is generally a bit sluggish.
> A typical example is that if I start typing a bit fast, the cursor
> jumps to a new line (*). Another example is I press the down key but
> the cursor goes up, repeatedly.
>
> I don't have these issues with the workbench, so it's restricted to
> the interface.
>
> Is there any I can do? Would upgrading to 8.0.1 fix things?
> This is becoming really impossible to work from the interface.
>
> Thank you in advance,
> Cheers,
> Chris
>
> * not an issue with the laptop's trackpad, I'm fairly sure. I haven't
> started to type differently since Mathematica 8.0.0. And clicking from
> the trackpad is disabled anyway.
>
I also noticed that 8.0.0 would become very sluggish at random times - 
so sluggish that the keys backed up, and I could stop and watch them 
appearing! I found it so bad that I dropped back to version 7.

Fortunately, the problem has gone with 8.0.1.

David Bailey
http://www.dbaileyconsultancy.co.uk

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#1726 — Re: irritating behaviour of the interface (Mathematica 8.0.0, Ubuntu

FromChrisL <chris.ladroue@gmail.com>
Date2011-04-16 11:38 +0000
SubjectRe: irritating behaviour of the interface (Mathematica 8.0.0, Ubuntu
Message-ID<iobv3f$bgu$1@smc.vnet.net>
In reply to#1677
Thank you for the reply. I'll upgrade to 8.0.1 and keep my fingers
crossed!

Cheers,
Chris

On Apr 14, 12:07 pm, David Bailey <d...@removedbailey.co.uk> wrote:
> On 13/04/2011 10:53, ChrisL wrote:
>
> > Dear all,
>
> > Ever since I've upgraded to Mathematica 8, the interface presents a
> > very strange behaviour; it becomes either unresponsive or
> > misinterprets the keyboard, and is generally a bit sluggish.
> > A typical example is that if I start typing a bit fast, the cursor
> > jumps to a new line (*). Another example is I press the down key but
> > the cursor goes up, repeatedly.
>
> > I don't have these issues with the workbench, so it's restricted to
> > the interface.
>
> > Is there any I can do? Would upgrading to 8.0.1 fix things?
> > This is becoming really impossible to work from the interface.
>
> > Thank you in advance,
> > Cheers,
> > Chris
>
> > * not an issue with the laptop's trackpad, I'm fairly sure. I haven't
> > started to type differently since Mathematica 8.0.0. And clicking from
> > the trackpad is disabled anyway.
>
> I also noticed that 8.0.0 would become very sluggish at random times -
> so sluggish that the keys backed up, and I could stop and watch them
> appearing! I found it so bad that I dropped back to version 7.
>
> Fortunately, the problem has gone with 8.0.1.
>
> David Baileyhttp://www.dbaileyconsultancy.co.uk

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#1765 — Re: irritating behaviour of the interface (Mathematica 8.0.0, Ubuntu

FromArmand Tamzarian <mike.honeychurch@gmail.com>
Date2011-04-17 11:53 +0000
SubjectRe: irritating behaviour of the interface (Mathematica 8.0.0, Ubuntu
Message-ID<ioekc2$n1n$1@smc.vnet.net>
In reply to#1726
On Apr 16, 9:38 pm, ChrisL <chris.ladr...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Thank you for the reply. I'll upgrade to 8.0.1 and keep my fingers
> crossed!
>
> Cheers,
> Chris
>
> On Apr 14, 12:07 pm, David Bailey <d...@removedbailey.co.uk> wrote:
>
> > On 13/04/2011 10:53, ChrisL wrote:
>
> > > Dear all,
>
> > > Ever since I've upgraded to Mathematica 8, the interface presents a
> > > very strange behaviour; it becomes either unresponsive or
> > > misinterprets the keyboard, and is generally a bit sluggish.
> > > A typical example is that if I start typing a bit fast, the cursor
> > > jumps to a new line (*). Another example is I press the down key but
> > > the cursor goes up, repeatedly.
>
> > > I don't have these issues with the workbench, so it's restricted to
> > > the interface.
>
> > > Is there any I can do? Would upgrading to 8.0.1 fix things?
> > > This is becoming really impossible to work from the interface.
>
> > > Thank you in advance,
> > > Cheers,
> > > Chris
>
> > > * not an issue with the laptop's trackpad, I'm fairly sure. I haven't
> > > started to type differently since Mathematica 8.0.0. And clicking fro=
m
> > > the trackpad is disabled anyway.
>
> > I also noticed that 8.0.0 would become very sluggish at random times -
> > so sluggish that the keys backed up, and I could stop and watch them
> > appearing! I found it so bad that I dropped back to version 7.
>
> > Fortunately, the problem has gone with 8.0.1.
>
> > David Baileyhttp://www.dbaileyconsultancy.co.uk


On the other hand ever since 8.0.1 I have noticed a slowdown in the
responsiveness of the help documentation. In 8.0.0 things just opened
and you read them. With this version you become conscious of the wait.

(thats on a Mac)

Mike

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#1773 — Re: irritating behaviour of the interface (Mathematica 8.0.0, Ubuntu

FromDavid Bailey <dave@removedbailey.co.uk>
Date2011-04-17 23:16 +0000
SubjectRe: irritating behaviour of the interface (Mathematica 8.0.0, Ubuntu
Message-ID<iofsbv$s4k$1@smc.vnet.net>
In reply to#1765
On 17/04/2011 12:53, Armand Tamzarian wrote:

> On the other hand ever since 8.0.1 I have noticed a slowdown in the
> responsiveness of the help documentation. In 8.0.0 things just opened
> and you read them. With this version you become conscious of the wait.
>
> (thats on a Mac)
>
> Mike
>

I have never understood why the help system is so sluggish (on Windows) 
- I mean GOOGLE can often beat it for speed, and that has to go over the 
internet!

David Bailey
http://www.dbaileyconsultancy.co.uk


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#1787 — Re: irritating behaviour of the interface (Mathematica 8.0.0, Ubuntu

FromArmand Tamzarian <mike.honeychurch@gmail.com>ZZ
Date2011-04-19 10:58 +0000
SubjectRe: irritating behaviour of the interface (Mathematica 8.0.0, Ubuntu
Message-ID<iojpsi$i7o$1@smc.vnet.net>
In reply to#1677
On Apr 18, 9:16 am, David Bailey <d...@removedbailey.co.uk> wrote:
> On 17/04/2011 12:53, Armand Tamzarian wrote:
>
> > On the other hand ever since 8.0.1 I have noticed a slowdown in the
> > responsiveness of the help documentation. In 8.0.0 things just opened
> > and you read them. With this version you become conscious of the wait.
>
> > (thats on a Mac)
>
> > Mike
>
> I have never understood why the help system is so sluggish (on Windows)
> - I mean GOOGLE can often beat it for speed, and that has to go over the
> internet!
>
> David Baileyhttp://www.dbaileyconsultancy.co.uk


Another product that is kind of syruppy had a help system in 2009 that
took so long you could make a cup of coffee (it was an absolute joke)
but in 2010 they released a new version and fixed it and made it was
very fast. I also do not understand why the Mathematica documentation loads so
slowly.

Mike

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