Comment 29 for bug 108951

I also confirm
My notebook is pretty powerful - Dell Latitude E6400, Intel Core 2 Duo T9400/2.54 GHz/ 4 GB RAM, NVIDIA Quadro NVS 160M 512 MB/
Ubuntu Intrepid (8.10), Compiz
Running on AC power, power profile configured for full performance.
Clicking on a drawer icon (in my case I do not have shortcuts to files, just launchers) leads to the following:
the drawer pops up a little (e.g. 30 pixels), then 2 seconds delay after which it is fully expanded.