It really is a terrible shame.
It would appear logical to me to reduce the numerous features and concentrate on the basics of performance. If there was an open source alternative I would be there right now.
I have just completed a dream catcher where I support Inkscape with Gimp and I had no problems, mind you you can't compare the complexity of the Sorceress with my dream catcher :):)
I dream for better days :)

Dennis

On 1 September 2012 10:53, Geoffrey <lordgeoffrey@...45...> wrote:
I loaded your SVG under Ubuntu 0.48.3 and it is dog-slow as well (i7
64Bit, 4 Cores, 16G)

This matches my experience. It is still the vector based product i
favour, but its speed definitely affects what i draw and how, sadly.

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