Matthias Clasen from Red Hat tackled the underlying gtk+ bug ( http://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=585626 ) and has committed a patch to gtk+ head that dramatically improves things.
See the gtk+ bug I've linked to for his patch, and some instructions I've written on easily applying the fix to your Ubuntu system without having to change anything else if you suffer from the same issue. ** Changed in: evolution (Ubuntu) Status: Triaged => In Progress ** Changed in: gtkhtml Importance: Unknown => Undecided ** Changed in: gtkhtml Remote watch: GNOME Bug Tracker #585626 => None ** Changed in: gtkhtml Status: New => Invalid ** Also affects: libgtk via http://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=585626 Importance: Unknown Status: Unknown ** Changed in: evolution Importance: Unknown => Undecided ** Changed in: evolution Remote watch: GNOME Bug Tracker #585624 => None ** Changed in: evolution Status: New => Invalid -- Long delay before new/compose window appears https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/386199 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Desktop Bugs, which is a bug assignee. -- desktop-bugs mailing list desktop-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/desktop-bugs