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Webkit-Gtk slow performance on some sites

Bug #655012 reported by Virgil Brummond on 2010-10-05

This bug affects 4 people

Affects		Status	Importance	Assigned to	Milestone
	Webkit	Fix Released	Medium	auto-bugs.webkit.org #22102
	webkit (Ubuntu)	Confirmed	Undecided	Unassigned

Bug Description

On sites such as http://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/ and http://www.ubuntugamer.com/ Webkit-GTK is very slow. It must have something to do with their layout, as both use something similar. It slows down the entire application to where it is barely usable until the tab is closed or I navigate somewhere else. This happens with both Midori and Epiphany, but not Firefox. (It does not affect gecko obviously).

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 10.10
Package: libwebkit-1.0-2 1.2.4-1ubuntu1
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.35-22.33-server 2.6.35.4
Uname: Linux 2.6.35-22-server x86_64
Architecture: amd64
Date: Tue Oct 5 03:39:08 2010
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 10.04 LTS "Lucid Lynx" - Release amd64 (20100429)
ProcEnviron:
LANG=en_US.utf8
SHELL=/bin/bash
SourcePackage: webkit

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Virgil Brummond (uraharakisuke153) wrote on 2010-10-05:

Dependencies.txt Edit (2.8 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")

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Marin (marin-m) wrote on 2010-11-01:

An explanation : http://ubuntuforums.org/showpost.php?p=10052807&postcount=9 .

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Marin (marin-m) wrote on 2010-11-01:

Duplicate of : https://bugs.webkit.org/show_bug.cgi?id=41031 .

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warjowuch (lulkoek) wrote on 2010-11-08:

Yep still a problem! Using Ubuntu 10.04

Changed in webkit (Ubuntu):
status:	New → Confirmed

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Virgil Brummond (uraharakisuke153) wrote on 2010-11-08:

Following the suggestion in the forums post worked in both Midori and Epiphany. Thanks! (Omgubuntu is still slow).

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Virgil Brummond (uraharakisuke153) wrote on 2010-11-08:

Edit above! I meant askubuntu.

Bug Watch Updater (bug-watch-updater) on 2011-02-01

Changed in webkit:
status:	Unknown → Fix Released

Bug Watch Updater (bug-watch-updater) on 2011-02-04

Changed in webkit:
importance:	Unknown → Medium

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anonymous815 (anonymous815-deactivatedaccount) wrote on 2011-04-30:

I don't understand, this isn't fixed at all.

OMG! Ubuntu! absolutely collosally fails. The browser slows down so much that anything except forcing it to close is an option.

I love Epiphany but I can't use it as my sole browser (like I'd want to) because I have to open this web page in another browser, which of course breaks my flow and then I stay in the other browser.