Closed Bug 385036 Opened 17 years ago Closed 13 years ago

the bookmarks menu is slow the first time you open it

Categories

(Firefox :: Bookmarks & History, defect)

defect
Not set
normal

Tracking

()

RESOLVED INCOMPLETE

People

(Reporter: moco, Unassigned)

References

Details

(Keywords: perf, Whiteboard: [TSnappiness])

the bookmarks menu is slow the first time you open it

spun off from bug #337855.

kenny_tm_leong@yahoo.com writes:

" ... the long hang time that
occurs when you click on 'Bookmarks' in the 'file edit view bookmarks tools
help' menu bar? This has been happening for my firefox with a 500 kb bookmarks
file. The hang time (about 5 to 6 seconds) occurs for the first time I click on
Bookmarks. Then, after this hang time, it doesn't hang again for the next time
I click on Bookmarks."

The reason the second time is fast is Asaf's fix for bug #337855

But the first time is still slow, and this bug tracks making the first time faster.
If someone wants to attach (or email to me) a compressed version of their bookmarks file, I can probably profile this.
In addition, if I delete my 'slow opening' bookmarks file, and insert a new default bookmarks file as in a new profile, the slow hang doesn't happen. But with my moderate 200k file, the hang is 7-10 seconds, but again, only the first time it is opened. This bookmarks file works fine in IE, as favorites.
Blocks: 442177
Could someone please mark Bug 405580 as duplicate of this one. I don't have the required permissions.
Whiteboard: [TSnappiness]
Bug 451915 - move Firefox/Places bugs to Firefox/Bookmarks and History. Remove all bugspam from this move by filtering for the string "places-to-b-and-h".

In Thunderbird 3.0b, you do that as follows:
Tools | Message Filters
Make sure the correct account is selected. Click "New"
Conditions: Body   contains   places-to-b-and-h
Change the action to "Delete Message".
Select "Manually Run" from the dropdown at the top.
Click OK.

Select the filter in the list, make sure "Inbox" is selected at the bottom, and click "Run Now". This should delete all the bugspam. You can then delete the filter.

Gerv
Component: Places → Bookmarks & History
QA Contact: places → bookmarks
I don't see a slow bookmarks menu bug filed from a long time, and as it is this bug is missing a way to reproduce.
Status: NEW → RESOLVED
Closed: 13 years ago
Resolution: --- → INCOMPLETE
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