[Opera-Linux] What about slow tab switching?

[Bruce Bales]

On Tuesday 09 December 2008 03:36:03 Herman Robak wrote:
> On Tue, 09 Dec 2008 10:13:35 +0100, Jacek Osiecki <joshua at hybrid.pl> wrote:
> > Since many versions, Opera for Linux has problems with switching between
> > tabs... Is this problem on the list to be fixed, or did Opera team give
> > up here and we have to live with this issue?
>
>   ME TOO!  Let's summarise contributing factors:
>
> 1) Many open tabs?
> 2) Heavy pages?
> 3) IRC tabs with looong history?
> 4) M2
> 5) A huge INBOX in M2?
>
> I find it really strange that switching to an IRC tab can take
> several seconds.  Everybody, tell us about your slowest tab
> switching experience!

With my Dell Intel celeron 2.6 GHz and six tabs, switching is almost 
instantaneous.

What's a heavy page?
bruce