1197232 - Facebook redirects are slow

Status: RESOLVED DUPLICATE of bug 1197399

(Firefox for iOS :: General, defect)

Description

[Aaron Train [:aaronmt]]

https://groups.google.com/a/mozilla.com/d/msg/ios-feedback/mfXNWkbfWD8/bVzu0dgBAQAJ

Comment 1

[Christopher Arnold]

Steps to reproduce:
-Open Twitter.com or Facebook.com in Firefox on iOS.
-Find an article someone has shared.  Click on link.
-Firefox will often hang on the original click wrapper that the host platform wraps shared URLs with.  For instance t.co.  It doesn't seem to hang on any URLs native to the platform like pic.twitter.com.  Just in links that open into new tabs.

Comment 2

[Christopher Arnold]

Attachment: FacebookHang.PNG

Example of Facebook's hang on URL click-wrapper

Comment 3

[Christopher Arnold]

Attachment: TwitterHang.PNG

Example of where Firefox hangs in opening sharing links in Twitter.

Comment 4

[Christopher Arnold]

Attachment: URLsThatCauseTrouble.PNG

Example of URL types that cause problems for Firefox but not Safari.

Comment 5

[Christopher Arnold]

Just a theory, I'm wondering if Facebook or Twitter have restrictions on unknown user agents trying to open shared links across tabs.  This might be a restriction in their servers rather than in our software, considering it seems to affect both services.  I can reach out to Twitter or Facebook if we think that might be the cause of this.

Comment 6

[Aaron Train [:aaronmt]]

This and bug 1197399 sound the same