Thunderbird stupid about X traffic?

[Thomas Charron]

On 9/24/07, Michael ODonnell <michael.odonnell at comcast.net> wrote:
> Just a quick followup.  Ben wrote:
> >Use a protocol more suited to high-latency links.
> >VNC is a common choice for X stuff.
> ...and I want to confirm that VNC is indeed able to
> push the bits efficiently enough that Thunderbird is
> now tolerable.  As I mentioned, some other X apps seem
> to work OK directly over the wire (ie.  X server at
> home, X client at work) but not Thunderbird.

  It really depends on how the application is displaying data, and if
it supports things like pre-cached bitmaps, etc..  There are certain
things in X you can do to ensure it works well over a low latency link
directly with X.  Sounds like Thunderbird is doing a WHOLE lot of
custom ownerdrawing and the such.

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-- Thomas