On Wed, Aug 08, 2012 at 11:41:08PM +0200, Vincent Bernat wrote: > ❦ 8 août 2012 22:00 CEST, Vincent Bernat <ber...@luffy.cx> : > > > Please, have a look to: > > > > http://www.red-team-design.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/11/css3-slick-progress-bars-demo.html > > > > With Conkeror, I get a 20% CPU use of this page when the buffer is > > displayed and 10% when it is not. > > > > With Firefox, I get a 20% CPU use but 0% when the page is in another > > tab. > > > > I think Conkeror is missing something to tell XUL that the buffer is not > > displayed so that it does not play useless animations. Maybe this is > > related with requestAnimationFrame(). I am not familiar enough with > > this. > > > > Those kind of animated progress bars are becoming popular and if you > > have a few tabs with them, you'll get a lot of wasted CPU use. > > > > I am using xulrunner 15b3 (from mozilla.debian.net). > > OK, I wasn't able to sleep with this unresolved. :) So I have digged a > bit and I have found that we can tell the browser object if a buffer is > active or not. I have came up with this patch. I know _nothing_ about > XUL and Gecko, so this is just an idea. > > Also, maybe there are other places where this could be applied (when > Conkeror window is iconified? Or not visible?). > > Tell me if you want me to file a proper bug for this.
Your patch is pushed. Thank you, this was a subtle bug, but a big improvement. -- John Foerch _______________________________________________ Conkeror mailing list Conkeror@mozdev.org https://www.mozdev.org/mailman/listinfo/conkeror
