#7742 HIGH 8.2.0 (: 4sec(!!) activity launch splash screen regression, no longer fast enough to be helpful.

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#7742: 4sec(!!) activity launch splash screen regression, no longer fast enough to
be helpful.
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 Reporter:  garycmartin  |         Owner:  marco                            
     Type:  defect       |        Status:  new                              
 Priority:  high         |     Milestone:  8.2.0 (was Update.2)             
Component:  sugar        |       Version:  Development build as of this date
 Keywords:               |   Next_action:  never set                        
 Verified:  0            |     Blockedby:                                   
 Blocking:               |  
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 joyride-2233, XO-B4

 Over the last week or two the (great) activity launch splash screens have
 regressed in speed to the point they are no longer helpful :-(

 I'm now back to accidentally launching multiple instances of activities as
 it's taking ~4 seconds after clicking to show any kind of UI launch splash
 screen response (so I think I miss-clicked).

 FWIW: I genuinely rate UI launch feedback latency (actually any UI
 feedback latency, but I digress) as more important than shaving a few of
 seconds off the total launch time. Fast UI feedback provides an illusion
 of speed to the operator (iPhone is a good example of this trick done
 well).

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Ticket URL: <http://dev.laptop.org/ticket/7742>
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