On Fri, 2011-07-22 at 00:26 -0400, John A. Sullivan III wrote: > I suppose I'll cover this one next as John Williams raised one of the > issues. This is another Windows only issue. > > This issue has two categories. It is complicated by the packing problem > because we can only run the Windows client now with sub-optimal packing > but it was a problem before the corruption issue struck. > > Screen painting is just slower - not just a little slower - a lot > slower. The typical anecdotal test I've been using is scrolling through > my Evolution Inbox. Evolution has always seemed to have terrible > graphics handling. I don't know what it does but it is always sluggish > and awkward - thus an excellent test of how well we handle challenging > graphics. > > Even under Linux on a LAN, scrolling is miserably slow. Shift down > arrow and wait 1/4 second for a response. This is really annoying. > However, in Windows, it is wait 1/2 to 3/4 seconds for a response. This > takes it from annoying to dangerous as users wind up deleting or opening > unintended emails, i.e., the hold the shift down arrow until they think > they have highlighted the mails they want and then press enter. What > they don't realize is that five more emails will be selected because of > the delay between what they see and the key buffer. > <snip> Ugh! Make that 2 to 3 seconds between down arrow and response!!!!
I tried to resume a session I had suspended from Linux but it complained about a mismatched color depth. I checked my Windows laptop and, indeed, it was set to 16 bit color. I changed it to 32 bit color and performance has gone through the floor - John _______________________________________________ X2go-Dev mailing list X2go-Dev@lists.berlios.de https://lists.berlios.de/mailman/listinfo/x2go-dev