308597 - Listing and large directory blocks for an uncomfortable period of time

Status: RESOLVED INCOMPLETE

(Firefox :: File Handling, defect)

Description

[Luke McCarthy]

User-Agent:       Mozilla/5.0 (X11; U; Linux i686; en-US; rv:1.7.8) Gecko/20050512 Firefox/1.0.4
Build Identifier: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; U; Linux i686; en-US; rv:1.7.8) Gecko/20050512 Firefox/1.0.4

I have a few directories with roughly 2000-3000 files. Opening these directories
in the save dialogue causes Firefox to block for up to 10 seconds. 'ls' takes
about half the time. Re-opening the same directory again is much faster the
second time but if you navigate to other directories and back in between saves,
it again becomes just as slow.

Reproducible: Always

Steps to Reproduce:
n/a
Actual Results:  
n/a

Expected Results:  
It would seem that this cannot be sped up by much.

I think the save dialogue should be made non-blocking so that the "save" and
other buttons and other browser windows are still usable when listing a large
directory. You will notice that Konqueror does this.

Comment 1

[[:Aleksej]]

Duplicate of bug 304598 or bug 305231?

Comment 2

[Tyler Downer [He/Him]]

This bug was reported on Firefox 2.x or older, which is no longer supported and will not be receiving any more updates. I strongly suggest that you update to Firefox 3.6.3 or later, update your plugins (flash, adobe, etc.), and retest in a new profile. If you still see the issue with the updated Firefox, please post here. Otherwise, please close as RESOLVED > WORKSFORME
http://www.mozilla.com
http://support.mozilla.com/kb/Managing+profiles
http://support.mozilla.com/kb/Safe+mode

Comment 3

[Tyler Downer [He/Him]]

No reply, INCOMPLETE. Please retest with Firefox 3.6.3 or later and a new profile (http://support.mozilla.com/kb/Managing+profiles). If you continue to see this issue with the newest firefox and a new profile, then please comment on this bug.