Thanks - that's exactly the intention and before having them our tests (and bug reports) showed that this was a massive issue for new/casual players. So the bubbles are here to stay.
If you don't enjoy them graphically as a player I'm afraid that you will have to get accustomed. They won't be removable (we tried that but there are too many layout issues with that - and speech bubbles happen in 1.000+ places in the game).
If you feel that they are slower than before, please explain the specific cases and we will work on solutions.
Thomas Biskup
ADOM & Ultimate ADOM Maintainer
https://www.adom.de - https://www.ultimate-adom.com
Can you please provide a factual explanation? If it's just the aesthetics I'm afraid you are out of luck as they work much better than the old system for anyone new getting into the game. And that's important lest ADOM will die yet another death.
What makes them so annoying? Just visuals? And are we talking about ASCII mode or graphical mode?
Facts would be nice.
If e.g. they are too bright in graphical mode and shock your eyes we might consider adding a variant with a darker background and brighter text.
Thomas Biskup
ADOM & Ultimate ADOM Maintainer
https://www.adom.de - https://www.ultimate-adom.com