[Slogger] Re: Sigh

[Jon B]

> >be done to improve this?  I wonder if it is the log file or the data
> >files that is slowing it down.
> >
> That is odd, I do not experiance this due to slogger, but my session
> saver sure slows it down.
> 25+ pages for a average load, twice or better when doing work

It definitely got a lot faster at the beginning of the month (my
Slogger is configured to create a new directory every month.  I'm sure
it varies by slogger configuration and the amount of time spent on the
web)  And it speeds up if I disable slogger.  Keep in mind I have it
set to log the HTML of *every* page I visit, and to keep a separate
HTML log file with a list of each page.  The log file was something
like 6 MB at the end of the month, which could be the problem by
itself.  (Does it have to open the entire file every time it appends a
page?)  I'm going to change it to creating a new directory every day
or week instead, for now.

> I use NTFS compression and no issues with any software so far aside
> Virtual PC's virtual HD
> files.

The Slogger data files are very redundant, since it saves the same
exact pages with only slight differences over and over.  When I tried
a zip file it compressed to 20% of the original size or so, but NTFS
compression only 80% or so.  I'm sure it slows down the computer to
save in compressed form, too, as it has to calculate the compressed
data first.  I think a script that regularly compresses the log files
while allowing them to be searched would be better.

> >4. It keeps giving me this interrupting modal window error "The link
> >could not be saved.  The web page might have been removed or had its
> >
> I get this too. Ive found nothing to solve it cept to block logging of
> the "offending" sites.

Yeah.  In Firefox 1.5, they've apparently replaced such modal error
dialogs with error pages, which will be greatly appreciated by me if
true.  (I'm waiting around til I know my favorite extensions will work
after upgrade.)

> >5. Also, I would like to be able to filter more powerfully.  For
> >
> I wish this also. Do you get a odd repeating of URL's in the filter
> list? I have to some times manualy
> edit the list and remove the duplicates.

Yes!  I wonder why that is.

> What I would really like to use
> is a logging proxy with a directory
> structure that mimmics the websites (with a few options). Ive got one
> partly worked on but gave up on
> when i found slogger.

Hmmm...