On July the 20th, the Icon/ Pixmap Cache was merged by Rivo Laks into the KDE libraries. The icon cache speeds up loading icons when starting applications, and in the future, it might contribute to performance when using fully scalable icons and other scalable interface elements. The pixmap cache makes caching of images rendered by the application, such as from SVG files, easy for application developers. The result will be improved startup and (to a lesser extent) runtime performance, already seen in the games KMines and KLines.