Office is too slow, so Microsoft is making it load at Windows startup

Re:Office is too slow, so Microsoft is making it load at Win... by michaelt on Wednesday April 30, 2025 @08:58PM (#43852534)

Back in 1997, most developers would show a 'splash screen' as their application loaded, because of course it takes time for applications to load.

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Re:Office is too slow, so Microsoft is making it load at Win... by theandrewbailey on Wednesday April 30, 2025 @09:11PM (#43852618)

Now we have web apps that show spinners and throbbers, sometimes forever.

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Re:Office is too slow, so Microsoft is making it load at Win... by SauciestGNU on Thursday May 01, 2025 @01:33AM (#43854020)

Consult a physician if your web app displays a throbber for longer than four hours.

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Re:Office is too slow, so Microsoft is making it load at Win... by snkzxbs on Thursday May 01, 2025 @04:56AM (#43855167)

Just to be clear current Office applications have a splash screen.

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Re:Office is too slow, so Microsoft is making it load at Win... by o11c on Thursday May 01, 2025 @05:19AM (#43855321)

To be even more clear, LibreOffice also has a splash screen.

I haven't run it this boot, and I just timed myself taking 7.5 seconds to start Writer, close the welcome popup, and quit. By feel, about half of that was waiting for the loading bar and the other half was figuring out how to dismiss the welcome popup.

On a hot start, with several attempts it takes between 2.1 and 2.5 seconds to start and quit it. For some reason the welcome popup has disappeared.

These experiments were performed using LibreOffice 7.4.7.2 40(Build:2) - wow, are they also copying version numbering from Microsoft? - on the cheapest 120GB SSD I could find in early 2019.

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Re:Office is too slow, so Microsoft is making it load at Win... by windward on Thursday May 01, 2025 @07:28AM (#43856272)

LibreOffice also sucks in this regard.

'Hey, I'm loading! I'm going to steal focus from whatever else you're doing and make your taskbar flash! No, that doesn't mean you can give me any input yet'

I'd really like to own a device that can multitask, one day.

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Re:Office is too slow, so Microsoft is making it load at Win... by mcv on Thursday May 01, 2025 @08:40AM (#43856917)

I have this issue with lots of applications: taking focus away from something I'm using, but not being ready to be usable. Apps shouldn't take focus until they're ready.

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