I would like to re-open the bug based on image-loading performance with Evolution 2.26.1 with Jaunty. The image rendering itself isn't a problem; it's the fact that Evolution only retrieves one single image at a time. When you consider the overhead of contacting the remote server, waiting for a response, then closing the connection after an image is downloaded only to repeat all of that again for each and every image, it makes for excruciatingly-slow overall image loading.
For comparison's sake (since I have just completed migration from Thunderbird to Evolution and have the same e-mails in both clients), I compared the time it took Thunderbird (2.0.0.21) to completely render an e-mail message full of images with how long it took Evolution to render the same e-mail: Thunderbird: 1.5 seconds Evolution: 18 seconds Clearly, this kind of performance gap between a professional-class client and a personal/SOHO client is unacceptable and indicative of a major problem. Evolution is a wonderful e-mail client except for its painful image-loading algorithms. -- evolution slow to display images https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/73835 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Desktop Bugs, which is a bug assignee. -- desktop-bugs mailing list [email protected] https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/desktop-bugs
