On Thu, Jun 26, 2008 at 11:59 PM, Patryk Zawadzki <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Well even if you try to read just a 10k file you can get stuck if > another application is causing excessive IO (and I tend to run such > applications). It's hard to delegate each disk operation to a separate > thread just in case the computer is busy with something else. > > Another case is applications with custom canvases like web browsers > where repainting a region might be slightly delayed as it's a resource > intensive process. Try moving a window over them and you'll get a > trail of "shadows."
I understand the issues involved, I just think covering up slow applications with a compositing manager is avoiding the real problem. _______________________________________________ desktop-devel-list mailing list [email protected] http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/desktop-devel-list
