So, Artemis depends on the 3rd party apps to launch before it loads, and the apps are rendered nearly useless by Artemis anyways. Why not have an option so the 3rd party apps own auto-start is completely disabled, so Artemis can choose when to launch them. I imagine it'd go like:
- Artemis begins to launch
- Artemis launches all 3rd party apps at once for plugins the user asks for
- Artemis waits for the apps to initialize (maybe probe their SDK until it responds?)
- Artemis finishes plugin initialization (either wait for them all, or do it per app as it loads)
This would render the startup delay completely unneeded, yet would make startup times much quicker. This could also open the door to even quicker auto-start mechanisms like Windows services.
So, Artemis depends on the 3rd party apps to launch before it loads, and the apps are rendered nearly useless by Artemis anyways. Why not have an option so the 3rd party apps own auto-start is completely disabled, so Artemis can choose when to launch them. I imagine it'd go like:
This would render the startup delay completely unneeded, yet would make startup times much quicker. This could also open the door to even quicker auto-start mechanisms like Windows services.