--- a/ui/vnc.c	2026-09-27 15:40:34
+++ b/ui/vnc.c	2026-09-27 15:40:54
@@ -58,9 +58,14 @@
 #include "io/dns-resolver.h"
 #include "monitor/monitor.h"
 
-#define VNC_REFRESH_INTERVAL_BASE GUI_REFRESH_INTERVAL_DEFAULT
-#define VNC_REFRESH_INTERVAL_INC  50
-#define VNC_REFRESH_INTERVAL_MAX  GUI_REFRESH_INTERVAL_IDLE
+/*
+ * MyWindows: the VNC client is a local app on a unix socket, so favour latency.
+ * Upstream uses 30ms base and backs off to 3s when idle, which adds ~90ms of
+ * input-to-screen delay after short pauses. Keep refreshes between 8 and 16ms.
+ */
+#define VNC_REFRESH_INTERVAL_BASE 8
+#define VNC_REFRESH_INTERVAL_INC  2
+#define VNC_REFRESH_INTERVAL_MAX  16
 static const struct timeval VNC_REFRESH_STATS = { 0, 500000 };
 static const struct timeval VNC_REFRESH_LOSSY = { 2, 0 };