Firefox/Content Performance Program
< Firefox
Overall Goal
Improve the performance of web content within the Firefox browsers.
First Priorities (Q2 2015)
Scrolling Performance
Improve the scrolling performance of Firefox on three websites: Twitter, Facebook, and Yahoo search results.
Focus on two platforms:
- A modern and popular Windows 8.1 laptop/tablet (TBD)
- The most popular Android phone (TBD)
Optimize the following page navigation experiences:
- Entering a search term in the Firefox Homepage -> Yahoo search results listing
- Entering a search term in the Firefox search box -> Yahoo search results listing
- Yahoo search results listing -> an individual search result
Again, focusing on the Windows 8.1 laptop/tablet and a particular Android phone.
Implementation Strategy
Identify programs already in-flight (60fps program) and what problems those are designed to solve (elan)
- 60 FPS:
Existing Benchmarks and Measures
- Android
- Eideticker: http://eideticker.mozilla.org/#/android/samsung-gn/mozilla-central/nytimes-load-poststartup/timetostableframe/7
- Benchmarks: https://wiki.mozilla.org/Mobile/Benchmarks/Oct2013
- Desktop
- Benchmarks:
- Moz bench for games: http://ouija.allizom.org/grafana/index.html#/dashboard/file/mozbench.json
Hardware
- Android Hardware: Galaxy S4
- Windwos Hardware:
Vladan's team should do detailed diagnosis/profiling and suggest
- engineering projects
- measurement strategies
People
- Product sponsor/driver: bsmedberg
- Engineering program manager: elan
- Technical lead(s):
- Android: Avi Halachmi
- Windows: Vladan Djeric Aaron Klotz and I will look at Windows.