Performance update: half the download, a much faster app

Version 2.10.0 is a performance update. The download is half the size, the app starts and loads pages faster, the replay plays smoothly, and the collector that reads your matches is rebuilt to use far less memory.

At a glance

• Installer: about 258 MB down to about 130 MB.
• Collector: about 15 MB of memory instead of about 50 MB during a match, and it starts almost instantly.
• Revisited PRACC pages open at once, from a copy kept on your computer.
• Replay playback no longer redraws the whole page dozens of times a second.

Lighter

• Half the download: the installer goes from about 258 MB to about 130 MB.
• PDF fonts on demand: Japanese, Chinese and Korean PDF exports download their font the first time you export, then reuse it. The first export in those languages needs an internet connection.
• New collector: rebuilt from scratch and collecting the same data as before. It uses about 15 MB of memory instead of about 50 MB during a match, starts almost instantly, and the file is five times smaller.

Faster

• Pages open sooner:
• requests to kogni no longer wait for an extra round trip first;
• the PRACC pages (Matches, Performance) keep a copy on your computer, so a page you visited before opens at once and refreshes behind it;
• pages start loading their code as soon as you point at them in the sidebar;
• the data the app needs at startup arrives in one request instead of several.
• Smoother replay (Performance > Matches > open a match > Replay): the play clock no longer redraws the whole page dozens of times a second, so playback stays fluid even on modest computers.
• Lighter Matches page (Performance > Matches): the list is cheaper to draw, and cards dim while the list refreshes so you can see new data is on the way.

Also in this update

• Competition filter (Prep Room > Team Intelligence > open a team): limit the team profile to a single competition, to read how a team plays in one event without the rest of its history.
• PRACC screenshot import (Schedule > Import PRACC): drop in a screenshot of your PRACC calendar, in week, month, day or list view. kogni reads the opponent, the day and the start time of every block and checks each date against the calendar in the picture. Review the rows, then create the scrims.
• Blocks already on your schedule are flagged and left unticked.
• The same scrim in two screenshots becomes one row.
• Names cut off by the calendar are marked for your review.
• If the reading service is unavailable, the previous local reader runs and you type the opponents.
• Times are read in your computer's time zone, because that is what PRACC shows.

Thanks to everyone who sent feedback on Discord. Keep it coming.