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> Improved page load times due to no longer decoding images that aren't visible (847223) ( https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=847223 https://bugzilla.

by riquito 13y ago

> Improved page load times due to no longer decoding images that aren't visible (847223) ( https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=847223 https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=847223 ) This is pretty cool

verytrivial 13y ago
And it was even cooler when Opera did it several years ago.
- Groxx 13y ago
  And Lynx before that!
  - jimmaswell 13y ago
    And echoing pages with Telnet before that.
- untog 13y ago
  Maybe we can just agree that it's cool when users get great features?
  - mitchty 13y ago
    Yes, the constant "simpsons did it"ism in technology is rather grating.
    - ConceptJunkie 13y ago
      Yeah, "The Simpsons" did _that_ in season 17, episode 12...
- benihana 13y ago
  Ha! I bet it sure feels good knowing you use a superior product that gets features well before the masses who use Firefox (psssh how uncool) get them.
- nhebb 13y ago
  If you were to construct a graph of all the features implemented by one browser and then copied by the others, after a while it would look like a chain link fence.
  - dubcanada 13y ago
    As correct as you are you'd be surprised how many features we use where implemented in Opera first. Surprisingly large amount, which they then threw away...
    - eli 13y ago
      I give the Opera guys a lot of credit (I met a few engineers years ago at a conference and they seem like awesome dudes too), but one can hardly blame them for "throwing it away."
- iamjustin 13y ago
  Yeah, Opera was really innovative for a while before it became another Chromium clone.
- verytrivial 13y ago
  -3 points for an honest opinion? Please, relax. When Opera introduced this feature, computers had far less memory than they do now. I known because I raised an Opera bug report when that delay-decode feature regressed in one of their releases. Only Opera made my low-end workstation useful. it was cool. I'm sorry if I hurt your feelings.
ahrjay 13y ago
Hopefully the next step is to take image decoding off the main thread.
- mcpherrinm 13y ago
  I think multi-threaded (and thus off main thread) image decoding landed on Aurora 22, and I assume made it into that release.
nnethercote 13y ago
It saves tons of memory too. See https://blog.mozilla.org/nnethercote/2013/10/01/memshrink-progress-week-117-120/ https://blog.mozilla.org/nnethercote/2013/10/01/memshrink-pr...

by riquito 13y ago

verytrivial 13y ago

And it was even cooler when Opera did it several years ago.

Groxx 13y ago
And Lynx before that!
- jimmaswell 13y ago
  And echoing pages with Telnet before that.
untog 13y ago
Maybe we can just agree that it's cool when users get great features?
- mitchty 13y ago
  Yes, the constant "simpsons did it"ism in technology is rather grating.
  - ConceptJunkie 13y ago
    Yeah, "The Simpsons" did _that_ in season 17, episode 12...
benihana 13y ago
Ha! I bet it sure feels good knowing you use a superior product that gets features well before the masses who use Firefox (psssh how uncool) get them.
nhebb 13y ago
If you were to construct a graph of all the features implemented by one browser and then copied by the others, after a while it would look like a chain link fence.
- dubcanada 13y ago
  As correct as you are you'd be surprised how many features we use where implemented in Opera first. Surprisingly large amount, which they then threw away...
  - eli 13y ago
    I give the Opera guys a lot of credit (I met a few engineers years ago at a conference and they seem like awesome dudes too), but one can hardly blame them for "throwing it away."
iamjustin 13y ago
Yeah, Opera was really innovative for a while before it became another Chromium clone.
verytrivial 13y ago
-3 points for an honest opinion? Please, relax. When Opera introduced this feature, computers had far less memory than they do now. I known because I raised an Opera bug report when that delay-decode feature regressed in one of their releases. Only Opera made my low-end workstation useful. it was cool. I'm sorry if I hurt your feelings.

ahrjay 13y ago

Hopefully the next step is to take image decoding off the main thread.

mcpherrinm 13y ago
I think multi-threaded (and thus off main thread) image decoding landed on Aurora 22, and I assume made it into that release.

nnethercote 13y ago

It saves tons of memory too. See https://blog.mozilla.org/nnethercote/2013/10/01/memshrink-progress-week-117-120/ https://blog.mozilla.org/nnethercote/2013/10/01/memshrink-pr...