cdev_gl

Even though modern computers are thousands of times faster, many modern user applications respond to user input fairly slowly. Just typing text into Word or OpenOffice can feel sluggish, Photoshop lags out processing input, many applications run on embedded web engines, etc. Often this results in tens or even hundreds of milliseconds of delay before responding to user input.

There's reasons for this. Modern software is doing a lot more, and we now have plenty of resources to waste...

I'd like to learn from the stand-outs in the field right now, so I'm wondering, in your anecdotal opinion, what are some pieces of software that exemplify "responsiveness" -- quickly loading, editing, saving, or otherwise reacting to users?