Version: 2.0.89 (using KDE 4.5.85) OS: Linux I just switched kmail from the oxygen widget style to the plastique style, because it was suggested in another bug report to test it. I then noticed something else: The display of messages in a folder is much faster using plastique. I did not measure it, but the difference is huge. In many cases the mails in the folders are displayed instantly or near to instantly while using the oxygenstyle it sometimes takes 10 seconds or more. Reproducible: Always OS: Linux (i686) release 2.6.37-7-generic-pae Compiler: cc
I'll have to switch to version 2.XX to test and debug. I'm still using version 1.13.5 Now: the way I understand it, kmail (and whole kdepim suite) is still under heavy development. I believe there is a conflict (and possible repaint-loop) between webkit, used to render the mail and the email 'sunken' frame (which for some reason gets hidden most of the time in both 1.X and 2.X versions of kmail). Will keep you posted. Hugo
Still valid with more recent KDE and KMain and Oxygen ?
more precisely: Slower than plastique, it will be. (and will always be) due to the complexity of the rendering. Is it: slower up to the point it is unusable ? What is the actual *idle* CPU consumption ?
Kmail still is generally not very fast, but it works and I assume that there others reasons for that. So the bug can be closed.