151981 - Pages are slow to display

Status: VERIFIED WORKSFORME

(Core :: Networking: HTTP, defect)

Description

[Greg Lynn]

With complex sites that involve 2 to 5 cookies, such as http://www.cnn.com,
performance from time URL is entered to full page display is noticably longer
when compared to IE 5.5.  Time difference was roughly 4 seconds, Mozilla vs IE
for CNN.  At first I thought it might be a DNS issue, but on further review a
stronger theory lay perhaps in cookie handling.

In order to bring users to Mozilla, performance must match IE or surpass it.

Suggested approach to fix: Run speed tests with minimum of 20 major web
pages/portals and fine tune Mozilla for performance.

My Mozilla and machine config is as follows:

Mozilla 1.1a
Mozilla/5.0 (Macintosh; U; PPC Mac OS X; en-US; rv:1.1a) Gecko/20020610

Report Created:6/15/02 at 12:14:24 AM

Version of ASP that generated this report = 2.7
(note:this string only shows up in pre-final or debug versions)

Software overview
	Serial number:	QT1083LFJBD
	Mac OS overview
		System:	Mac OS X 10.1.5 (5S60)
	Startup device
		Name:	X
Memory overview
	Built-in memory:	768 MB
	Number of empty RAM slots: 0 ()
																				PC100-222S
		Location            Size           Memory type
		SODIMM0/J16TOP256 MB   SDRAM
		SODIMM1/J16BOTTOM512 MB   SDRAM
	Backside L2 cache:	1 MB
Hardware overview
	Machine ID:	406
	Model name:	PowerBook G4
	Keyboard type:	Apple Pro Keyboard
	Processor info:	PowerPC G4 (1.3)
	Machine speed:	500 MHz
Production information
	ROM revision:	
	Boot ROM version:	4.18f5

Comment 1

[Greg K.]

WorksForMe using FizzillaCFM/2002061014. Both IE and Mozilla load CNN in
approximately 5 seconds.

Greg L., do your IE and Mozilla have comparable cache settings? It might be
useful for you to run your own speed tests on a variety of sites.

Editing Summary.

Comment 2

[Greg K.]

Greg Lynn, is this still a problem with more recent builds? If so, have you
tested using a new Mozilla user profile?

Otherwise, we'll need from you some more detailed measurements of Mozilla vs.
other browsers on a variety of URLs.

-->Networking: HTTP for now.

Comment 3

[Greg Lynn]

Greg K. are you using same machine and OS setup?  I am on vacation 
and will be unable to provide additional data for a week.  As to suggestion 
about using a new user profile, how is that relevant to a performance 
issue?  Was something fixed in profiles?  Please provide details.  
Thanks.

Comment 4

[Greg K.]

Greg L.: no, I'm not using the same machine type as you. That's probably not a
contributing factor.

Corruption of your Mozilla user profile might be a factor. Testing using a new
profile will help determine that.

It's not urgent. If you can, just test when you return from vacation.

Comment 5

[Boris 'pi' Piwinger]

Is this still a problem in 1.1 or later?

pi

Comment 6

[Boris 'pi' Piwinger]

No response, marking WFM.

pi

Comment 7

[John Unruh]

Verified WFM.