I have not experienced this issue in 12.04 or 12.10 so I am marking it as "Fix Released" to bring closure to this bug.
** Changed in: gnome-panel (Ubuntu) Status: Confirmed => Fix Released -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Desktop Bugs, which is subscribed to gnome-panel in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/684538 Title: Opening calendar applet on gnome-panel in Ubuntu 10.10 is slow To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/gnome-panel/+bug/684538/+subscriptions -- desktop-bugs mailing list desktop-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/desktop-bugs