As of late I have been very disappointed with the performance of your application in OSX Safari. I have tried this on 3 computers with the same redraw and selection LAG. If I use Chrome it is better but not as I remember it. I could use your advice on fixing this and IMO the application is almost useless as it stands.
Any help would be appreciated.
On July 31, 2015 we released a new rendering engine. This may be responsible for the lag you’re seeing. The renderer is using multiple canvases to speed up redraw and selection operations. If you’re experiencing problems because of the renderer you can use the old, single canvas, renderer by adding “rendererFallback=true” to the end of the hash arguments to the editor URL.
For example:
https://tools.upverter.com/eda/#tool=schematic,designId=73d5e5450f4a34ee,rendererFallback=true
That would exactly describe the experience.
I put the “,rendererFallback=true” in the url bar , press enter and it seems to be much better.
On this URL there seems to be no difference
https://tools.upverter.com/eda/#rendererFallback=true,designId=7b9cad28050d5c93,tool=pcb
This is resolved. The browser appears to refresh, when it actually hasn’t. Pressing enter a few times to ensure that it was refreshed solved the problem.
James
A follow up to this issue. The primary renderer has been improved on platforms that aren’t doing hardware accelerated rasterization. It should no longer be necessary to use the rendererFallback parameter on any platforms.
I don’t think this issue is really resolved. My schematic has become pretty slow to respond as it’s grown in size in all the browsers I’ve tried: Safari, Chrome and Firefox. I’m using a new 5k iMac with a Core i7 and 25Mbps FIOS. The issue affects larger schematics, particularly when moving modules or components near modules. The lag is on the order of several seconds, making it nearly impossible to work on the schematic. I have to agree with the original poster, this makes Upverter largely useless for anything but small/hobby boards.
For reference, my schematic is here. Panning around is slow in Safari, ok in Chrome and Firefox. Moving components on the other hand, especially near modules, or moving modules themselves, is terribly slow in all browsers. https://upverter.com/UltralyticsLLC/2ec721a77f55b77b/DRS4-Carrier-Board/
You might try appending “,skip_constraints=true” to the end of your project url. For me this results in a large performance improvement.