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Posted by MadaboutDana
Dec 15, 2011 at 11:35 AM
Actually, on the issue of PDF preview, I did have a slightly odd experience there. I upgraded to the latest version of TreeProjects, but it didn’t seem to connect up with Adobe Reader. So I exited, then restarted, and it promptly suggested I download and install the Adobe PDF iFilter (providing a helpful link, too). So I did that. Now I can indeed preview PDF files inside TreeProjects, but it appears to be using the Adobe Reader facility rather than the iFilter (I’m not complaining - the embedded Adobe Reader is actually rather good). Just a little quirk I thought I’d mention…
Another little quirk: sometimes Smereka TreeProjects causes high CPU activity the first time you launch it - it sits there causing the CPU to blast away at about 50% (no indexing going on, either). This is easily resolved, simply by closing then restarting TreeProjects, whereupon it behaves nice and quietly as usual (I like the fact that by default, TreeProjects doesn’t take up many system resources). Maybe something to take a look at - but then again, may be due to the fact that at the time I noticed this, I had just upgraded BUT hadn’t yet rebooted: it’s always a good idea to reboot one’s machine after installing a significant upgrade, in my experience (certainly in Windows, and yes, even on iPad!).
But I can confirm that PDF and Office in-place preview both work very well, and are also pleasingly fast. Oh, and I’m delighted to hear about the internal links!
Cheers,
Bill
Posted by Yaroslav Pidstryhach
Dec 15, 2011 at 11:52 AM
Hi Bill,
You wrote: “sometimes Smereka TreeProjects causes high CPU activity the first time you launch it - it sits there causing the CPU to blast away at about 50% (no indexing going on, either)”
It is searching and removing old temporary files it created during previous runs. If your system temp folder grows big (due to TP and other programs activity), the searching may take a while. I will move temporary files to a dedicated subfolder in the temp folder, so that the search will not be needed.
Thanks for noting the glitches in the PDF experience. I have not observed these on any of my virtual machines and am not sure what causes them. My guess is that during the first launch after installation, PDF readers may display “first configuration” dialogs that don’t work well with the inline mode. I will experiment more.
Posted by MadaboutDana
Dec 15, 2011 at 12:05 PM
Ah, yes, that would explain it - I haven’t had a good temp file clean-out for a little while (my favourite: CCleaner - any other thoughts on this?). But some way of making that a separate process would probably be desirable, otherwise you run the risk of irritated users thinking that TreeProjects takes up much more of the system’s resources than is, in fact, the case!
As for the PDF thing - it was a passing oddity, but didn’t appear to affect TreeProjects in any way. And I don’t mind having Adobe’s PDF iFilter installed in any case (other apps do use it, in fact).
No, all in all, an excellent update to an already powerful program.
Posted by Roberto
Dec 16, 2011 at 11:03 AM
im a super crimper… and after try several outliners im using smereka in my daily tasks.
never got an error, delay, dataloss… works fast like a charm (fast and lightweight).
the developer is quite responsive, and… now is improving the software every day.