Is it just me or do Right-Click menus take forever to kick in for many situations? I'm talking about say in the Finder right-clicking to add a label and it takes as long as five seconds for the menu to drop. The beachball keeps me company. Once it kicks in the first time, the Finder is then swift for all other attempts until I go work in another app for a while and come back. Same goes for other apps, like Safari. It's the exact same infuriating delay when right-clicking at first. It's across the board. All apps, Apple or otherwise. When I first launch them, it's the five second delay for any right-click activity. After the first one, then it's fine.
I've had this problem for over a year and thought I had it knocked with Panther, but I was mistaken. I think it may be related to some shareware or other app, but I can't quite track it down. I thought it was A Better Finder Renamer, which uses the right-click menu for action. But no, I didn't install ABFR on a new machine and I still get the delay. I then thought it might be Toast's option to "Toast it" from the Finder via right-click. This could still be possible, I havent' had a chance to test this theory. Same goes for Portfolio's option to add a file to a catalog via right-click in Finder.
For the record, I experience the exact same thing on three different machines, so it's not a fluke. My buddy claims he doesn't experience it, which may be true since he has a very different installation of apps.
So, is this normal? If so, why aren't more people complaining about it? It's really irritating. If it's not normal, does anyone else experience it? Any ideas on the source...control panel, shareware app, odd setting,etc.?
Thanks for any feedback.
I've had this problem for over a year and thought I had it knocked with Panther, but I was mistaken. I think it may be related to some shareware or other app, but I can't quite track it down. I thought it was A Better Finder Renamer, which uses the right-click menu for action. But no, I didn't install ABFR on a new machine and I still get the delay. I then thought it might be Toast's option to "Toast it" from the Finder via right-click. This could still be possible, I havent' had a chance to test this theory. Same goes for Portfolio's option to add a file to a catalog via right-click in Finder.
For the record, I experience the exact same thing on three different machines, so it's not a fluke. My buddy claims he doesn't experience it, which may be true since he has a very different installation of apps.
So, is this normal? If so, why aren't more people complaining about it? It's really irritating. If it's not normal, does anyone else experience it? Any ideas on the source...control panel, shareware app, odd setting,etc.?
Thanks for any feedback.