I don't think this is the case anymore.  The marquee only comes up when
you shift-drag.  Other than this, the only time that there is a delay
introduced is when there is a halo; this is to decide whether you're just 
trying to shake off the halo or actually want the world menu.

Joshua

On Wed, Feb 07, 2001 at 05:10:33PM -0800, Duane Maxwell wrote:
> >Maybe it's not display performance. It might be the slight delay the system
> >needs to react to my input.
> 
> Is it the delay between clicking in the World and having a menu pop up that
> bothers you?  If so, that's entirely artificial - it's trying to decide
> whether you're about to drag a marquee to select something or pop up the
> World menu.
> 
> -- Duane