RE: Tooltips GC overhead

[Drew Adams]

> I'm a heavy user of frames, and I've never been satisfied by the time
> needed to create a new frame, so I'd be happy to see some improvement in
> this area.

I too use frames heavily.  And I remember that frame creation
could be slow on UNIX - back in the Dark Ages, at least.  But
AFAICT it is nearly instantaneous on MS Windows.  Maybe
something can be done at a lower level to speed things up on
other platforms?