[Goodies-dev] use of gtk progress bar in panel plugins

[Stefan Stuhr]

Christian Dywan wrote:
> like you have already found out, how cpu intensive progress bars are
> depends on the theme. I don't think there's anything wrong with using
> progress bars for permanent status information. However I suggest you
> could look for a way to disable animation particularly when they are
> used in panel plugins.

Animated progress bars in GTK is, as far as I know, a hack used by some
theme engines. I don't think it can be disabled in any general way.

If people insist on using themes with hackish animations, then they
really shouldn't blame plugin developers for the extended CPU usage,
IMHO.

> Yours,
>     Christian

Stefan