It takes quite a bit time to create the NullPrincipal and then almost immediately replace that with the correct principal.
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It takes quite a bit time to create the NullPrincipal and then almost immediately replace that with the correct principal. XULPrototype handling is a bit special, so I'm planning to keep the old behavior there.