On Mon, 30 Okt 2000, David Sweet wrote: > The dual-pixmap method would be much faster since the pixmaps are stored on > the X server. Consider, in particular, using KDE remotely. Having to > transmit the data (during the conversion from QImage to QPixmap) every time > you drew an icon would make for a huge performance hit. you have to do that anyway because standard X has no support for alpha blending. thats why we do it in software and it has to be done by manipulating QImages... You don't need to tell me that its a huge performance hit ;) Dirk