Orion speed vs Firefox

p7d

MacOS 12.1
Orion 0.99.110-beta (WebKit 613.1.12), private mode, extensions: Bypass Paywall Clean, Bitwarden
Firefox 96.0.1 (64-bit), private mode, extensions: UBlock Origin, Bypass Paywall Clean, Bitwarden

Ballpark time estimates:
Fresh launch of both browsers
Start stopwatch after typing wsj.com in address bar and hitting enter
Firefox takes 6-7sec to fully render
Orion takes 9-10sec at least

Orion seems to pause/slow down in the beginning of the page load. Not sure if DNS issue, but Orion always slows down and Firefox never does.
Safari behavior similar to Orion
Brave behavior similar to Firefox

Behavior similar on most other websites too, wsj.com shows obvious difference

Vlad

p7d Showing a video would be much better.

eirk

Try using compatability mode?

eirk

This isn't a concrete bug.

p7d

Attached are 2 videos - Firefox (8s) and Orion (13s). The time measurement is not really accurate/scientific, but the difference is pretty obvious to me. Note where Orion seems to pause while loading page. I'm seeing a difference in most websites. Hope this helps!

Vlad

p7d Please show both browsers on default settings without any extensions installed as settings/extensions can influence the outcome.

For me both load instantly to be able to tell, if not Orion a bit faster

p7d

I see, interesting. Since the issue seems to be pretty specific to my setup, please consider this low priority and/or close it. Browsers without extensions display same behavior (fast in firefox, slow in orion). It may have something to do with my DNS setup.

Vlad

Happy to look into this more (obviously important for us) if you can give us steps to reproduce.