Linked by Eugenia Loli-Queru on Fri 10th Aug 2007 02:53 UTC, submitted by J. M.
Qt A Trolltech employee explains how Qt 4.4 will eliminate current problems with redrawing artifacts and poor resizing performance, using windowless child widgets.
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Cause of the flicker
by Brandybuck on Fri 10th Aug 2007 18:24 UTC
Brandybuck
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2006-08-27

I had always assumed that the cause of this "flicker" was layout management. But this fix indicates that the cause is actually one step lower, in that all size changes occur to X11 windows, which involves the propagation of numerous events.