Discussed a bit at the gnome-shell hackfest, it's probably because the overview 'download sreenshots' of all the open windows for the overview (which also gets open when you open the app grid, as you can see if you press 'esc' from that view).
Upstream has a branch to remove that 'download' step but it's next- cycle-material They suggested we could probably do optimize to not load the overview in app-grid-mode if we were after a solution for the current stable serie -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Desktop Bugs, which is subscribed to gnome-shell in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1848009 Title: Delay launching application launcher gets longer the more apps are open To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/gnome-shell/+bug/1848009/+subscriptions -- desktop-bugs mailing list desktop-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/desktop-bugs
