[Framers] slow-scrolling images

[Peter Gold]

​Thanks for jogging my foggy memory, Mike. ​I think this idea may only have
been pertinent to UNIX systems, and IIRC it was fixed, but it's worth a
mention in case it sparks other ideas. One particular new or updated FM
release long ago caused interminable delays in opening a document, for some
users, the discovered cause was revealed to be a change in FM's UNIX
configuration files that required verifying that all specified printers in
the user's account were actually available on the network, because FM's
formatting routines relied on information supplied by a printer's
configuration files. So, on a network with lots of printers at lots of
locations, opening a document depended on lots of back-and-forth network
traffic.

It's just a guess, but perhaps some recent change is now encountering a
similar delay, checking resolution of graphics and the ability of
identified printers to manage those settings, or perhaps Acrobat watched
folder settings, etc.

HTH

Peter Gold


On Fri, Apr 8, 2016 at 4:20 PM, Mike Wickham <mewickham at cox.net> wrote:

> John,
>
> Another thing to check is whether or not you have the Insets pod open in
> the file. If open when you load the file, FrameMaker loads all the images
> before it displays the file (and, of course, populates the info in this
> pod). This makes the file open slowly, but, once open, the images appear
> instantly as you scroll. On the other hand, if the Insets pod is closed
> when the file is opened, the file opens quickly, but the images don't load
> until you scroll to them. So changing your workspace could give the
> appearance that the images are suddenly loading slower than they used to.
>
> It may make a difference, too, depending on your preference setting for
> Hide Panels on Close. Check to be sure that it is unchecked. If I recall
> correctly, checking this setting box means that closing the Insets panel
> just hides it, but it is still in the background. So the file still wants
> to take time to update it.
>
> Mike Wickham