146582 - Slow text input

Status: NEW

(Core :: Layout: Form Controls, defect, P5)

Description

[Jason Glynn]

From Bugzilla Helper:
User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; WinNT4.0; en-US; rv:1.0rc2) Gecko/20020510
BuildID:    2002051006

When using macro programs (eg allchars) to enter text directly in form text
fields, enters very slowly, where same program enters text in IE 5-10x faster.

Reproducible: Always
Steps to Reproduce:
1.entering text in forms with allchars macro program
2.
3.

Expected Results:  Text input entered directly with a macro program (not using
clipboard) should be alot faster, especially with large amounts of text entered.

allchars available from

Comment 1

[Alexandru Savulov]

reporter:

user input automation, ay? :-)
ok, since mozilla is a x-platform app that creates it's own widgets and so on,
it needs to do aditional stuff that IE does not need since is using native win32
controls. where is that allchars program availble?

--> forma controls

Comment 2

[Alexandru Savulov]

reporter:

you can use the "addtional comments" field to add commetns to a bug. i think
that if you can open a new bug you also have the rights to enter comments. for
every comment added, bugzilla sends a mail to asignee, qa and everyone in the CC
list, except the ones that chose not to get mail.



from reporter's mail:

I use the allchars program to enter standard replies for technical support
for an ISP. Configured Allchars to enter "thank you for your email" with
just entering /t! Saves alot of typing.

Mozilla is alot faster for me to use due to the tabbed layout but it slows
me down when i have to wait 30 secs-1 minute for the allchars to enter the
response into the form where with IE it's almost instantaneous.

Allchars is available from http://allchars.zwolnet.com

my comment:

this is very interresting because typing that string in a field would take me
less than 30 secs ("thank you for your email"). does it take 30secs only for
this string alone in one field or for the entire form?

Comment 3

[Jason Glynn]

Normally the comments that i need to input in a field are a few paragraphs. a 
200 character string containing a few paragraphs might take 30 seconds for the 
allchars program to input.

Carriage returns in responses seems to slow it down quite a lot as well.

("thank you for your email") might only take a second or two but it should 
almost be as fast as pasting in from the clipboard

Comment 4

[Vladimir Ermakov]

I confirm the slowness of inputs when typing at very high speeds, we could
improve on that, however it is low priority, because regular users cannot type
that fast.

Comment 5

[Kevin McCluskey (gone)]

Bulk moving P1-P5 un-milestoned bugs to future. 

Comment 6

[Maury Markowitz]

A second comment on this: I'm currently editing a 55k article on the wiki, and can easily out type the editor. Text lag is about 1/4 to 1/2 second.

Comment 7

[Carlos Alén Silva]

Is this still happening in 2010?