Closed Bug 737548 Opened 12 years ago Closed 9 years ago

pre connect http sessions on link hover

Categories

(Core :: Layout, enhancement)

Product:
Core
Component:
Layout
Version:
13 Branch
Platform:
x86_64
Linux
Type:
enhancement
Priority:
Not set
Severity:
normal

Tracking

()

Status:
RESOLVED DUPLICATE of bug 881804

People

(Reporter: mcmanus, Unassigned)

References

Details

(Keywords: privacy-review-needed, Whiteboard: [Snappy:P2][http-conn]) 

On Tue, Mar 20, 2012 at 12:44 PM, Jason Duell <jduell@mozilla.com> wrote:
How good are we at figuring out if a user is about to click a link (vs moving the mouse over it en route to other stuff)?  If we have a high % chance of guessing when a user is about to click on a link, we could also speculatively (and inexpensively) pre-open a TCP connnection for it.   I seem to recall some stats that it actually takes users a fraction of a second to focus precisely on a link?
        
roc then says:
We have API to easily find all the DOM elements within any given rectangle of the mouse cursor, so without too much trouble we could implement "if the mouse is near a link for more than a given amount of time, try preconnecting it".

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The layout API in question is nsLayoutUtils::GetFramesForArea .. the necko api is io-service::speculativeConnect from bug 723628
Keywords: privacy-review-needed
Whiteboard: [Snappy:P2]
Whiteboard: [Snappy:P2] → [Snappy:P2][http-conn]
Status: NEW → RESOLVED
Closed: 9 years ago
Resolution: --- → DUPLICATE
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