title: Workaround for Slow Java Swing Menus
body: <p>In Java 7 and 8 there is a bug in Swing menus that causes it to be slow when running an application remotely over X11 while other X11 applications are running. This issue was introduced in Java 7 and has never been fixed. Does anyone have any suggestions on a workaround. Using nxclient addresses this Swing menu issue, but introduces its own unwelcome issues.</p>
  
  <p>The steps to reproduce the Swing menu issue are:
  - run any X11 application locally with some activity
  - log into a remote server using ssh -Y someserver
  - execute any Java GUI application (e.g. jvisualvm) running Java 7 or 8
  - select a menu and observe a several second delay in response</p>