[ubuntu-art] New Wave : buttons

[Kenneth Wimer]

On Monday 26 May 2008 11:25:13 Who wrote:
> On Sun, May 25, 2008 at 9:20 PM, Valentin Steinwandter
>
> <valentin.steinwandter at rolmail.net> wrote:
> > Am Sonntag, den 25.05.2008, 22:16 +0200 schrieb Giuseppe Pennisi:
> >> Ok. But the main problem is use or not pixmap. Use pixmap is not good
> >> to
> >> make a theme. We risk of doing unnecessary work.
> >
> > You say it! Pixmap is not good for default theme, we should put away the
> > idea!
>
> I don't know that using pixmap themes is actually that bad - try
> benchmarking them with gtkperf. As I remember, last time I tried it
> the difference in speed was not too significant... The advantage is
> that you can prototype things fast (ie different visual styles)
>
> Anyone have any numbers to show I'm wrong?

It has been a while since I looked into it, but at the time we found that 
there is actually little significant difference in using the pixmap engine. I 
think that for prototyping it might very well be the best idea.

--
Ken