53351 - Delay in opening link in new window

Status: VERIFIED WONTFIX

(Core :: Networking, defect, P3)

Description

[Adam]

Mozilla M18 2000091808, Mac OS 9.0.4 - Command-clicking on a link to open it in
a new window is far from instantaneous. Mozilla seems to want to contact the
server before opening the new window. There is a (varying) period of time where
the throbber will run as though you were loading a page in the current window
and then the new window opens. Anything that has to do with the new link
(contacting the server, etc.) should be done in the new window, not before it
opens -> the window should open immediately after command-clicking.

NOTE: This might be related to or a duplicate of bug 19115 and particularly bug
49141 but I'm not sure.

Comment 1

[Gagan]

There is an inherent problem of identifying the content-type before deciding if
it goes in the new window but I agree that the feedback needs to improve. Over
to uriloader/mscott

Comment 2

[Scott MacGregor]

we actually determine the content type of the document before targeting a window
to actually load the content into. This is how our uriloader scheme has been
implemented. So we do indeed open the url in the current window (which is why
the throbber starts) until we determine the content type. Then we redirect it to
the right target window.

Comment 3

[Tom Everingham]

verif