On Sun, 23 Jan 2005, Mike Hearn wrote:
Loading time is usually a non-issue here, SVG icons usually load faster than PNGs do anyway because of the overhead of the gzip compression (or that is what I have read, strange but true).
Hmm, well I've heard this several times but have never seen numbers. I suppose it's possible, if you're comparing png vs. librsvg. But if you're caching the icons for speed, you'd probably be using a bmp format, not png anyway.
If you want to optimise loading time then I have a bunch of tips on that, it's kind of a pet hate of mine too (not Inkscape specifically, just apps in general). Working closely with MS Office and Internet Explorer, both of which start much faster than the native equivalents, has taught me quite a bit about how to make programs start up fast ;)
Yes, I'd love to hear your tips. The icon loading is something I've measured and know roughly how large of an impact it is, but if there are other things that can be done to speed it up, that'd be great to hear.
Bryce