I've been an Avantgo subscriber for several years, on both Palm and now
PPC; I really am having trouble with the recent (? 6 month old) changes
to the program. It syncs slower than my old Palm IIIxe used to, and it
takes forever to navigate in the program. I've turned up my Axim X50v's
processor to "maximum" speed and it's still very hard use as pages load
like I'm working on a Commodor 64. Before the program changed, it was
working great; fast sync and navigated very fast.

What went wrong? Is my 9 month old Axim too slow to keep up? Is this
what everyone is experiencing, or is there something wrong with my
Axim? Very frustrating.

Is there anything else like the Avantgo application that'll work on
PPC? I've used Plucker for Palm in the past and it worked well for me,
but a PPC port isn't available. Is there something like Plucker (an
off-line web browser/RSS feed reader) that anyone can recommend?

Thanks for any info!

CeeBee wrote:
> whoisit@whoever.com wrote in microsoft.public.pocketpc:
SNIP
> I have an iPAQ hx4700 and found Avantgo initially incredibility slow when
> I had the data written to the iPAQ file store. (the extra flash ROM memory
> in my iPAQ)
>
> However transferring the databases to my CF card made Avantgo notably
> faster- both using the GUI and refreshing content (we're talking say 10
> times faster). I have no problems navigating aroundat a normal speed.
>
> Try different database locations to see what works best for you, as AG
> uses dozens of separate database files, making access speed to the data
> critical.

I'll try that when I have time - thanks. I think I have to re-install
Avantgo to move the databases, don't I? I'll have to check.

> BTW There is a PPC port for Plucker, it's a reader called Vade-Mecum:
> http://www.pocketpcfreewares.com/en/index.php?soft=941
> I use the separate distiller
> http://www.plkr.org/dl

Cool! Maybe I don't have to get Avantgo to work after all - I'll give
it a try. Thanks for the info.

Nah, just move the folder yourself to whereever (CF or SD file store)
then go into the registry and change the Avantgo key to point to the
new area.

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whoisit@whoever.com wrote:

> CeeBee wrote:
> > whoisit@whoever.com wrote in microsoft.public.pocketpc:
> SNIP
> > I have an iPAQ hx4700 and found Avantgo initially incredibility
> > slow when I had the data written to the iPAQ file store. (the extra
> > flash ROM memory in my iPAQ)
> >
> > However transferring the databases to my CF card made Avantgo
> > notably faster- both using the GUI and refreshing content (we're
> > talking say 10 times faster). I have no problems navigating
> > aroundat a normal speed.
> >
> > Try different database locations to see what works best for you, as
> > AG uses dozens of separate database files, making access speed to
> > the data critical.
>
> I'll try that when I have time - thanks. I think I have to re-install
> Avantgo to move the databases, don't I? I'll have to check.
>
> > BTW There is a PPC port for Plucker, it's a reader called
> > Vade-Mecum: http://www.pocketpcfreewares.com/en/index.php?soft=941
> > I use the separate distiller
> > http://www.plkr.org/dl
>
> Cool! Maybe I don't have to get Avantgo to work after all - I'll give
> it a try. Thanks for the info.

No, just move the databases and then change the registry key to point
to the new database location. Or use something like Tweaks2K2.

Tom
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whoisit@whoever.com wrote:

> CeeBee wrote:
> > whoisit@whoever.com wrote in microsoft.public.pocketpc:
> SNIP
> > I have an iPAQ hx4700 and found Avantgo initially incredibility
> > slow when I had the data written to the iPAQ file store. (the extra
> > flash ROM memory in my iPAQ)
> >
> > However transferring the databases to my CF card made Avantgo
> > notably faster- both using the GUI and refreshing content (we're
> > talking say 10 times faster). I have no problems navigating
> > aroundat a normal speed.
> >
> > Try different database locations to see what works best for you, as
> > AG uses dozens of separate database files, making access speed to
> > the data critical.
>
> I'll try that when I have time - thanks. I think I have to re-install
> Avantgo to move the databases, don't I? I'll have to check.
>
> > BTW There is a PPC port for Plucker, it's a reader called
> > Vade-Mecum: http://www.pocketpcfreewares.com/en/index.php?soft=941
> > I use the separate distiller
> > http://www.plkr.org/dl
>
> Cool! Maybe I don't have to get Avantgo to work after all - I'll give
> it a try. Thanks for the info.