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Gmail has gotten painfully slow over the years. I just ran a quick timing test with a high-end 2017 MacBook Pro on Firefox: * It takes 2.53 seconds from hittin

Gmail has gotten painfully slow over the years. I just ran a quick timing test with a high-end 2017 MacBook Pro on Firefox: * It takes 2.53 seconds from hitting enter to being able to see my inbox. * It takes 9.96 seconds from hitting enter and clicking compose for the new message window to pop up. * It takes a whopping 15.95 seconds from hitting enter until the new message window pops up if you use the the following link: https://mail.google.com/mail/u/0/#inbox?compose=new https://mail.google.com/mail/u/0/#inbox?compose=new Those times are pretty damn terrible. Even worse, this is with a primed cache!

sam0x17 8y ago
Problem with your mac? I'm getting 2.23 seconds to open new message window from your link on a maxed out Lenovo X270 running Ubuntu 18.04 via Chromium. Mind you, I'm also on Gigabit internet. So yeah, Gmail is fucking slow.
- taeric 8y ago
  Ha! I was curious why it was loading better for me today. Just recently switched to faster internet.
- TheAceOfHearts 8y ago
  I also have gibabit internet. Trying it out with Chromium, it loaded the direct link after 3.88 seconds. Trying it out with Safari, it loaded the direct link after 6.27 seconds. Firefox is pretty fast most of the time. Google's web apps are the only things that performs so poorly on it. I don't understand how they can have such a drastic performance disparity between browsers. Maybe they're just not testing enough on Firefox.
  - sam0x17 8y ago
    I mean, Google stands to benefit from google apps intentionally being slow on firefox, so who knows.
  - taeric 8y ago
    The frustrating part of this, is they instead claim major accolades and bonus points for how fast chrome is. :( It would be one thing if I felt like I was getting something fancy for my wait. I don't.
BigJono 8y ago
I thought you were taking the piss, then I actually tried it. 13 seconds to the compose window for me. Fuck me...
- Izkata 8y ago
  35 seconds for me from that link. Looks like it got stuck loading my chat contacts, as it appeared in under a second after that populated.

sam0x17 8y ago

Problem with your mac? I'm getting 2.23 seconds to open new message window from your link on a maxed out Lenovo X270 running Ubuntu 18.04 via Chromium. Mind you, I'm also on Gigabit internet. So yeah, Gmail is fucking slow.

taeric 8y ago
Ha! I was curious why it was loading better for me today. Just recently switched to faster internet.
TheAceOfHearts 8y ago
I also have gibabit internet. Trying it out with Chromium, it loaded the direct link after 3.88 seconds. Trying it out with Safari, it loaded the direct link after 6.27 seconds. Firefox is pretty fast most of the time. Google's web apps are the only things that performs so poorly on it. I don't understand how they can have such a drastic performance disparity between browsers. Maybe they're just not testing enough on Firefox.
- sam0x17 8y ago
  I mean, Google stands to benefit from google apps intentionally being slow on firefox, so who knows.
- taeric 8y ago
  The frustrating part of this, is they instead claim major accolades and bonus points for how fast chrome is. :( It would be one thing if I felt like I was getting something fancy for my wait. I don't.

BigJono 8y ago

I thought you were taking the piss, then I actually tried it. 13 seconds to the compose window for me. Fuck me...

Izkata 8y ago
35 seconds for me from that link. Looks like it got stuck loading my chat contacts, as it appeared in under a second after that populated.