Slow with browser.html

[thekidfrankensteinthrewinapond]

I created a release build as instructed here: https://github.com/servo/servo#normal-build

Then I ran with browser.html as instructed here: https://github.com/browserhtml/browserhtml#running-in-servo

It is very slow. Here are my specs:

MacBook Pro (Retina, 15-inch, Early 2013)
Processor: 2.7 GHz Intel Core i7
Memory: 16 GB 1600 MHz DDR3
Graphics: Intel HD Graphics 4000 1024 MB

Tried a few sights, duckduckgo.com, espn.com, cnn.com, all very slow. Actually made my entire computer slow if that helps.

[thekidfrankensteinthrewinapond]

I should add that I added the -w flag. So I ran:

./mach run -r -w -- -b --pref dom.mozbrowser.enabled http://localhost:6060

[paulrouget]

./mach run -r -w -- -b --pref dom.mozbrowser.enabled http://localhost:6060

That won't work. The -w option is for servo, not mach.

You want to run it that way:

./mach run -r -- -b -w --pref dom.mozbrowser.enabled http://localhost:6060

[paulrouget]

@thekidfrankensteinthrewinapond Using WebRender should fix it. I'm closing this issue. Please let me know if it's still slow after using -w.

[thekidfrankensteinthrewinapond]

That didn't help as far as I can tell, still very slow. I had also run npm run servo in the browserhtml project which uses the -w and same result. Some sites, like duckduckgo.com don't show up at all.

[paulrouget]

That didn't help as far as I can tell, still very slow.

What is slow?

Some sites, like duckduckgo.com don't show up at all.

Known, but this is unrelated.

[thekidfrankensteinthrewinapond]

Scrolling. Going to a couple of sites; cnn.com and sciencedaily.com and scrolling, there is quite a delay between scrolling on the touchpad and the browser scrolling. It's also very choppy. Some times it causes my fan to turn on.

[paulrouget]

Can you try without the -b option?

[thekidfrankensteinthrewinapond]

That feels a lot better. Not as good as Firefox but I don't know if that is to be expected at this point or not. Is there a site where I can run benchmarks?

[paulrouget]

That feels a lot better.

Ok. So that's a known issue then.

[paulrouget]

This should get better once servo/glutin#68 lands.

[thekidfrankensteinthrewinapond]

Great, thanks! Is there a site where I can run benchmarks?