Firefox/Projects/Perception of Performance

Overview

Sprint lead: faaborg
Sprinters: faaborg, margaret

Goals / Use Cases

Note: the previous work in this sprint on building an acceleration based scrolling model has been spun off into a separate project: Accelerated Scrolling

• Identify top 5 ways to improve perceived performance
  • Full list of brainstormed ideas I need to organize this list, grouping items into categories, and identifying the top 5 items.
• Resolve one on trunk (we selected acceleration model for scrolling)

Top 5 Perception of Performance Improvements

1. Accelerated Scrolling Model (now covered in a separate project: Accelerated Scrolling)
2. Per Tab network Prioritization
3. Animation
4. Seamless updates (specifically bug 307181 and bug 511529)
5. Accelerated model for scroll bar progress bug 513826

Related Links

• Brainstorming Wiki page
• Making Firefox Feel Faster
• Sure it’s Fast, But How Does it Handle?
  
• What’s Next for the Perception of Performance?