Database Reference
In-Depth Information
4.6
Wrapping Up
A busy user interface is more than just a poor user experience; it also impacts
the performance of the application. When we display a large amount of data
on the screen, we must keep that information in memory, which in turn means
we must load a large amount of data from disk all in one go. It is far better
to break up an application user interface into consumable chunks of informa-
tion than it is to try to display every last bit on the screen at once.
The careful use of tabs, sheets, and panels can improve the feel of a user
interface, and that will in turn improve the performance. By splitting the user
interface into smaller pieces, we have finer-grained control over what data
gets loaded when, and we can reduce our disk access to manageable chunks.
Keep it simple.
