Real-life optimization work [LWN.net]

Real-life optimization work

Posted Nov 2, 2005 20:05 UTC (Wed) by RMetz (guest, #27939)
In reply to: Real-life optimization work by elanthis
Parent article: All hail the speed demons (O'Reillynet)

"When you see a music player that has a built-in file manager and RSS reader, by all means, shout "bloat!""

Hey now, one man's bloat is another mans essential feature. ; )

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Real-life optimization work

Posted Nov 2, 2005 20:39 UTC (Wed) by JoeBuck (subscriber, #2330) [Link]

Even if the file manager and RSS reader are made available as a shared library, and the same code is used by all applications that want to do file management or RSS functions?

Real-life optimization work

Posted Nov 2, 2005 22:21 UTC (Wed) by nix (subscriber, #2304) [Link]

e.g. amaroK, which *does* use KDE's HTML renderer and can probably be coerced into using its RSS reader fairly easily. (But it cannot yet send mail, so its evolution is incomplete. It should learn from GNU Hello.)

Real-life optimization work

Posted Nov 3, 2005 1:52 UTC (Thu) by RMetz (guest, #27939) [Link]

It was a joke, a play on an idiomatic saying. Hence the winking smiley.

Real-life optimization work

Posted Nov 3, 2005 2:58 UTC (Thu) by piman (subscriber, #8957) [Link]

Amusingly, the growing popularity of podcasts means most music players will probably grow RSS readers within the next year.