[webkit-dev] Question regarding priorities of subresource content retrieval

Sat Feb 12 08:03:02 PST 2011

Finished testing a small patch: https://bugs.webkit.org/show_bug.cgi?id=54108
It only prioritizes <script> loading in <body> (not sure yet why
doesn't work in <head>).
Assuming most external-load slowdowns are caused by js from body vs
anything from head, this should fix most horrific worst cases.

Tested on http://solid.eqoppa.com/testlag2.html:
    First paint time unpatched:  80 seconds in
    First paint time patches:      34 seconds in

Real-world test: http://technorati.com:
    First paint time unpatched: 5 seconds
    First paint time patched:     2 seconds

Please help test and see if it breaks anything. Didn't see any breaks
here yet :)

If someone wants to help see if there will be any more improvement by
adding the heuristic for js in <head> or for css in both head/body,
please let know.
For now, was thinking about twiddling with
CachedResourceLoader::preload, but that might be too late if the
engine already blocked on some css.

p.s. if generally patches are discussed off-list, please kindly let
know the correct venue.

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 silvio