philc / philc/vimium

Using `gE` & the vomnibar is a lot slower to load a website than navigating directly to that site would be

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Description

Describe the bug
Using gE & editing the current url in the vomnibar is a lot slower to load a website than navigating directly to that site would be

To Reproduce
Steps to reproduce the behavior:

  1. Go to https://old.reddit.com/r/leagueoflegends/
  2. Use gE to open a new tab of reddit with https://old.reddit.com/r/dota2/
  3. Observe that this takes a very long time to load
  4. In another tab, navigate directly to https://old.reddit.com/r/dota2/
  5. Observe that this loads significantly faster

Browser and Vimium version

Firefox: 102.0.1
Vimium: 1.67.1

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Research direction

Reproduce the slowdown using gE and the vomnibar with the Reddit URLs in the report, then compare it with direct navigation in another tab. Trace the gE navigation path and the vomnibar handling to identify where the extra delay occurs. Done means the same destination loads without the reported slowdown.

Written by the indexing model from the issue text.

Assessment

Tech stack
javascript
Domain
tooling
Issue type
Bug
Difficulty
3/5
Estimated time
1-2 days
Activity status
Stale
Clarity
Mostly clear
Newbie friendliness
35/100

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