Re: smooth scrolling by default? performance?

["BJörn Lindqvist" <bjourne gmail com>]

>  > I have to say that it blows my eyeballs away. Wow. Then I wondered why
>  > this is not activated by default. Is it that it uses much CPU/GPU
>  > horsepower or something like that? Just curious.
>
>  It's because smooth scrolling is reported to cause eye strain to some
>  users with LCD screens. Also the performance over remote X connections
>  is bad. See [1]. But most people should be just fine.

Then why isn't it enabled by default? It really makes the browsing
experience much more pleasant. Those with really bad LCD screens and
remote X connections are a small minority.


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mvh Björn