>> That said what kinds of system or usability tests would be
>> representative?

>You bring up a long-standing problem here. :-)  Without an 
>automated
>performance test suite, all we can go in is the system "feel" and
>"snappiness" when trying to use it.
>
>I would still like to put together a test suite (ideally generic 
>enough
>that we can also benchmark Qt4/Qt5 for comparison purposes), but 
>don't
>have time at the moment with trying to get R14 out the door and 
>all.

Sounds like a great post-R14 project. Until then I'll have to 
settle for a stopwatch and the time command. :-)

Darrell