Re: 2-3 second freezes (esp when using sounds) + chat window size issue

On Oct 21, 2003, at 6:49 AM, Andrew Hinton wrote:
> I want to be able to use Fire with notification sounds, but when I do,  
> it
> always pauses/freezes for a second or two, sometimes three, when  
> trying to
> grab the sound.
>
> This is on a Powerbook G4 667. I know that on battery power there are  
> issues
> on this comp with sound...annoying as heck. But, even on power  
> adapter, Fire
> struggles with the sound.
>
> Is there a certain sound format that works better? wav vs. aiff or
> something?

Does logging out and back in make any difference?

Could you try running

% sample Fire 3

in Terminal while the pause is happening? Then send along the resulting  
file (you can file a bug on SourceForge or send it to me off list).

> The only other thing I kinda wish would work better is this:
>
> I'm on a laptop all the time, and often I just want to keep a tiny  
> window
> going with a chat in it...but the windows only get so small in Fire. In
> fact, the buddy windows is much more shrinkable than the chat  
> windows...and
> the chat win's have a lot of wasted space, with the huge border at  
> bottom
> and the thick divider. 1) this takes up more room than necessary on my
> screen, which needs every pixel and 2) it makes it much more obvious to
> coworkers that I'm chatting! (grin)
>
> But, hey, awesome app and amazing response to all the protocol changes.

This has been requested before:

[ 584717 ] make chat windows smaller
http://sourceforge.net/tracker/? 
group_id=33772&atid=409173&func=detail&aid=584717

-Jason



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