AdObesity
13/09/07 22:14 Filed in: Software
Excerpts from
U.S. Dept. of Software Health Services, National Institutes of Health. "Clinical Guidelines on the Identification, Evaluation, and Treatment of Overweight and Obesity in Desktop Applications: The Evidence Report" (2007). NHLBI document X07-1249
1. Initial Installation has a BI (Bloat Index) of 30.0 or higher
The current definition of BI is agreed in 2000 and published in 2007, as:
f = # of feature bullet point in marketing brochure/press release)
k = an OS-specific constant.
Case 1. Adobe Acrobat 8 Professional: 891MB (standalone), est. BI = 34.0 ± 10% (obese)
Case 2. Adobe InDesign CS3: 2.3GB, est. BI = 39.0 ± 15% (severely obese)
Case 3. Adobe CS3 Design Premium: 5.9GB, est. BI = 45.0 ± 15% (morbidly obese)
2. The Visible file object count : main binary count Ratio is higher than 1
Case 1. Adobe InDesign CS3: visible folder/files in ./Applications
• Adobe Help Viewer 1.1.app*
• Adobe Bridge CS3
• Adobe Extension Manager
• Adobe InDesign CS3
• Adobe Stock Photos CS3
• Adobe Device Central CS3
• Adobe Flash Video Converter
• /Utilities/Adobe Installers
• /Utilities/Adobe Utilities
Main binary: InDesign.app
* ~ in full CS3, two copy of this app are installed, one version 1.0, another version 1.1
3. Total # of files or folders exceed 2000
Case 1. Adobe InDesign CS3:
Before:
• Use of Custom Installer that takes its time to load.
• Use of Custom html Help Viewer instead of the OS built-in one.
• Use of two versions of the same Custom html Help Viewer instead of the OS built-in one.
• No less than five copies of "Legal" folders containing User Agreement documents in no less than 35 languages, each in its own subfolder.
The shipping version of InDesign has a bug that prevents it from launching if it cannot find the default printer. Which means it always crashes on launching until I added a PDF virtual-printer from Acrobat.
U.S. Dept. of Software Health Services, National Institutes of Health. "Clinical Guidelines on the Identification, Evaluation, and Treatment of Overweight and Obesity in Desktop Applications: The Evidence Report" (2007). NHLBI document X07-1249
Typical Symptoms of Obesity:
1. Initial Installation has a BI (Bloat Index) of 30.0 or higher
The current definition of BI is agreed in 2000 and published in 2007, as:
w = Weight in MBwk / f
f = # of feature bullet point in marketing brochure/press release)
k = an OS-specific constant.
Case 1. Adobe Acrobat 8 Professional: 891MB (standalone), est. BI = 34.0 ± 10% (obese)
Case 2. Adobe InDesign CS3: 2.3GB, est. BI = 39.0 ± 15% (severely obese)
Case 3. Adobe CS3 Design Premium: 5.9GB, est. BI = 45.0 ± 15% (morbidly obese)
2. The Visible file object count : main binary count Ratio is higher than 1
Case 1. Adobe InDesign CS3: visible folder/files in ./Applications
• Adobe Help Viewer 1.1.app*
• Adobe Bridge CS3
• Adobe Extension Manager
• Adobe InDesign CS3
• Adobe Stock Photos CS3
• Adobe Device Central CS3
• Adobe Flash Video Converter
• /Utilities/Adobe Installers
• /Utilities/Adobe Utilities
Main binary: InDesign.app
* ~ in full CS3, two copy of this app are installed, one version 1.0, another version 1.1
3. Total # of files or folders exceed 2000
Case 1. Adobe InDesign CS3:
Before:
After:
Other Possible Indicators
• Use of Custom Installer instead of the OS built-in one.• Use of Custom Installer that takes its time to load.
• Use of Custom html Help Viewer instead of the OS built-in one.
• Use of two versions of the same Custom html Help Viewer instead of the OS built-in one.
• No less than five copies of "Legal" folders containing User Agreement documents in no less than 35 languages, each in its own subfolder.
Insult to injury
The shipping version of InDesign has a bug that prevents it from launching if it cannot find the default printer. Which means it always crashes on launching until I added a PDF virtual-printer from Acrobat.
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