This issue should be fixed now in xfce SVN trunk with rev. r24142. Application icons get update asynchronously in an idle callback, which prevents the problem described in this report.
I've build a test case that stresses the WM a lot and it works now. -- After painting several fast strokes in gimp, whole desktop freezes, not reacting to any clicks for several seconds. https://launchpad.net/bugs/61424 -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs