Re: Is GTK+ 3.x 2x slower than GTK+ 2.x?

[Sergei Steshenko <sergstesh yahoo com>]

----- Original Message -----
> From: Sergei Steshenko <sergstesh yahoo com>
> To: Jakub Misak <jmisak centrum cz>; gtk-list <gtk-list gnome org>
> Cc: 
> Sent: Wednesday, October 12, 2011 9:18 PM
> Subject: Re: Is GTK+ 3.x 2x slower than GTK+ 2.x?
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> ----- Original Message -----
>>  From: Jakub Misak <jmisak centrum cz>
>>  To: gtk-list <gtk-list gnome org>
>>  Cc: 
>>  Sent: Wednesday, October 12, 2011 8:49 PM
>>  Subject: Re: Is GTK+ 3.x 2x slower than GTK+ 2.x?
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> [snip]
>>  GTK+ 2.24 was already markedly 
>>  slower than Qt 4.7, and now that GTK+ 3.0 is even 2-3 times slower 
>>  than GTK+ 2.24, it is really becoming a competitive disadvantage.
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> "If you can't beat them, join them" ?
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> I.e., objectively, in what sense gtk+ is better than Qt ? In its support of 
> existing gtk+ application ?
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> I also vaguely remember something about widget rendering invariance WRT to 
> scaling - forgot how it's called exactly - Qt already has it, and gtk+ is 
> yet to implement it.
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> Thanks,
>   Sergei.
>

Was it "widget resolution invariance" ?

Thanks,
  Sergei.