Bug#984498: libwebkit2gtk-4.0-37: Performance issue on 4k screen

[Alberto Garcia]

On Thu, Mar 04, 2021 at 09:44:47AM +0100, Olivier Bitsch wrote:

> I'm doing this report because since long time, I'm suffering of
> big performance issue with this package. As many software are
> using this librairy (Gnome Web, Element, Revolt, Evolution, ...),
> I consider this bug grave as those performances almost kill those
> apps. Writting a simple text in simply not bearable (~300ms to have
> letter to appear in a mail reply) and about 40% of one CPU core
> usage on Gen6 i7.

Hi, I wonder if you have tried more recent versions of WebKitGTK (in
particular the 2.46.x series) and if this problem is still happening.

Berto