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[Gabriel Pettier <gabriel.pettier@xxxxxxxxx>]

I find the dash really unbearably slow these days (since updates to 
12.10 i think), and i tried to remove the blur, and found it to be still 
very slow, so there must be something more (and my computer is 6 cores 
with 8GB ram, my gpu is the onboard Radeon HD 4250 with free driver, it 
shouldn't be that slow… i think i'll try to remove the amazon (and 
friends) search, to see if it changes something. Le 12/11/2012 22:56, 
shane lee a écrit :

> I have always found turning blur off via CCSM makes the dash much more
> responsive (though completely unusable) so yes it does seem to make a
> lot of difference.
> And anything that can improve responsiveness of a major component such
> as the dash should be seriously considered.
>
> On 12 November 2012 21:50, Ian Santopietro <isantop@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> > Is it really the blur that's causing slowdowns though? From conversations
> > I've had with Unity engineers, the blur is not a particularly intensive
> > effect, Atty least not in the way that Unity implements it. Remember, just
> > because Window's blur is slow, doesn't mean Unity's will be as well.
> >
> > On Nov 12, 2012 2:44 PM, "Brandon Watkins" <bwat47@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> > > On 11/12/2012 02:40 PM, balint777@xxxxxxxxx wrote:
> > >
> > > I have made a really quick mockup about what i think would solve 2 things
> > > i dont like about the current implementation of unity.
> > >
> > > The blurred dash slows down the overall unity experience. Especially on
> > > non-intel devices and while runnung dynamically rendered content (video or
> > > games).
> > > The close button is in the corner in place of the ubuntu logo right now.
> > >
> > > What do you think?
> > >
> > > --
> > > Csonka Bálint
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > I'd take any alternative over the blur, in my experience its unusable slow
> > > on any chips pre-sandybridge. For example my older laptop has intel ironlake
> > > and the dash blur makes unity totally unusable.
> > >
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