Moby Dick Workout

Moby Dick Workout 12 Apr 2022 How many items should your todo list handle? Not the most pressing question in the world, but one that I sometimes wonder about. I think productivity apps should scale to “user generated” content. I don’t expect every app to load multi-gigabyte log files, but it should handle what I can write myself. I use “Moby Dick” to test that. I know it’s longer and uses bigger words than anything I’ll write. If the app works well with “Moby Dick” then that’s a good indication that it will handle my needs also. Here’s the test: Open “Moby Dick”. Fast? Scroll to end. Resize the window. Fast? Scroll to middle. Resize the window. Fast? Select all. Cut, Paste, Undo. Redo. App still standing? Edit some content near the middle.

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