WebPositive loading pages much slower than Linux or Windows

Forum thread started by kp3ft on Sun, 2013-09-15 01:15

I've noticed that WebPositive takes a lot longer to load pages than browsers in Linux or Windows, and sometimes stops loading altogether unless I restart WebPositive. I'm running a Dell Studio17, dual-core Intel, with multi-boot, and wired LAN connection for internet. Immedietly rebooting into Linux or Windows and loading the same pages is much faster with no issues, probably around four times as fast. Could this be a driver issue, or is it related to WebPositive itself? It's not a show-stopper, but it would be nice to have pages load normally.

The only other unrelated drawback is that audio doesn't work. I see that hrev 44757 did fix the audio problem with Intel's HDMI Audio hardware, but unfortunately, that revision is no longer available on the nightly builds page. Currently running hrev45895. If anyone knows of a particular revision I can download that has the fix for the Intel HDMI adio, I'd be very grateful. Thanks for any help.

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Re: WebPositive loading pages much slower than Linux or Windows

by kp3ft - 2013-09-15 01:35

Sorry, I should have done some more searching first. The problem is that, for now until it's fixed, WebPositive needs to have its cookies files deleted manually from time to time. The file boot/home/config/settings/WebPositive/Cookies.curl should be deleted when pages start loading slower than normal. The reference page is here (scroll about halfway down the page):

http://www.haiku-os.org/docs/userguide/en/applications/webpositive.html

Re: WebPositive loading pages much slower than Linux or Windows

by humdinger - 2013-09-15 08:37

Hi kp3ft!

Right. Actually, instead of deleting the Cookies.curl, it's more convenient to delete it once and then open Web+ and surf to your most used websites that use cookies and log in. Then close Web+ and duplicate the Cookies.curl. Then, when browsing becomes slow, just overwrite the Cookies.curl file with that duplicate. That way you don't have to start with a completely clean slate every time.
I added these lines to my ~/config/boot/UserBootscript:

# Reset Web+ cookie jar
cp /boot/home/config/settings/WebPositive/Cookies.curl_copy /boot/home/config/settings/WebPositive/Cookies.curl

That way I reset my cookies on every boot-up.
I won't bother adding that to the user guide as Adrien's work on WebKit/Web+ will hopefully soon make this hack obsolete.

Regards,
Humdinger