I have the same experience, using the default theme. Most graphics is slow (not just tabbing firefox, but clicking menues ...). Changin to an emerald theme running pixmap engine resolves everything! It makes my computer light as a feader. No latency, high performance, =).
System: Znote 6224W Ubuntu 7.10 Compiz + Emerald 2GB RAM NVIDIA GeForce 8600M GT Intel(R) Core(TM)2 Duo CPU T7250 @ 2.00GHz -- Slow switching tab in firefox/opera when the desktop effects are enabled in Gutsy Gibbon https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/144216 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs