XEmacs and toolbars over a slow link

[Raymond Toy RT/EUS]

Any one ever try running xemacs over a slow link?  Once in a while, I
connect to my home box over a broadband cable connection.  The uplink
speed is about 300 kbps (downlink is 3-5 Mbps).

XEmacs itself is really quite usable over this link, except for one
thing.  The toolbar keeps redrawing itself over and over everytime I
change buffers.  

Is that supposed to happen?  It takes a good 5 sec or more to redraw
the default toolbar.

Of course, I rarely use the toolbar, so I can just turn it off via the
menu (which works just fine at this slow speed).

Ray