Jasper van de Gronde wrote:
I just drew a rectangle and a circle, applied two different blurs and did some zooming. Only when zooming in considerably did Inkscape become somewhat slow for my tastes. So obviously at least one of the following is the case:
- I use a faster machine (Core 2 Duo at 1.33Ghz)
- My standards for judging Inkscape's speed are different
- I use Inkscape for considerably less complex drawings (obviously the
example above was overly simple, but I have also done some more complex things with blur without having much of a problem with Inkscape's speed)
Ok, I will prepare a testcase and attach it to a bugreport. It's true that the machines I am using are not very fast (for portability and environmental reasons :) ). The machine I used while this issue hit me last was an Intel Pentium M processor, 1.70GHz with 1 GB of ram (so, only one core). I also noticed Inkscape becomes slow when using some type 1 fonts, but that's another issue for which I'll prepare a testcase, too.
Best Gero