Slow launch speed

[Vanav]

I often launch Numara with hotkey, and it takes 1.0 second to launch (on Windows). It feels very slow. For comparison, OpalCalc launches immediately, without delay.

I've tried to disable auto update on launch, but seems no difference. Is is possible to improve startup speed?

[bornova]

Hi @Vanav!
Since Numara is packaged with Electron, it requires a copy of chromium to be loaded at each startup. This does have performance implications (This is also why the packaged app .exe is 80+ MB). OpalCalc, I believe is a native Windows app and therefore explains the faster startup on Windows. The start time also depends on the system. For example, as shown in below video, Numara starts pretty instantaneously on my Mac. Also has a content load time of ~280ms. Things could always be faster of course and I will continue to work towards improving the launch speed.

Thanks for your feedback!

Screen.Recording.2024-11-24.at.1.48.50.PM.mov

[bornova]

Hi @Vanav,
Just released v5.7.2. I was able to shave off about ~100ms from the launch time based on my system. May not be very noticeable but please let me know if it feels a bit better.

[Vanav]

Thank you for your effort! Still around 1.0 s on Windows for me. I hope it will be possible to improve.