Just to give an update on this in case someone else has the same issue: the last version of Firefox (60.0) solved the problem.
Pierre 2018-04-04 19:58 GMT+02:00 Pierre Villard <[email protected]>: > OK... that's weird. I also have the same issue when running FF in safe > mode (with no plugin enabled at all). > > When running the performance tool, I've this kind of result (if the > picture is going through the mailing list): > > > > This is just for moving from one place to another on the root canvas. The > green being "Paint" events. > > Not sure it could relate to something else running on my Mac since I don't > see the issue at all with Chrome. But nothing unusual running on it as far > as I know... > > > > 2018-04-04 19:50 GMT+02:00 Scott Aslan <[email protected]>: > >> I just upgraded to Firefox 59.0.2 (from 58) on my Mac. I am also not >> seeing >> any glaring performance difference between FF and Chrome and I also would >> say FF 59 is faster than the previous version. >> >> Pierre, are you running any other plugins for FF or any other software on >> your Mac that may impact overall performance? >> >> On Tue, Apr 3, 2018 at 4:30 PM, Matt Gilman <[email protected]> >> wrote: >> >> > I have not had a chance to fully dig in but I upgraded from Firefox 57 >> to >> > Firefox 59. While there is nothing quantitative behind this Firefox 59 >> > seemed to have better performance. I'll continue investigating and >> digging >> > through some Firefox tickets to see if there is anything interesting. >> > Additionally, Firefox 59 seemed to be on par with Chrome 65. >> > >> > Matt >> > >> > On Tue, Apr 3, 2018 at 4:10 PM, Michael Moser <[email protected]> >> wrote: >> > >> > > Adding a data point: using Firefox for Linux 64-bit, I see no >> difference >> > > between Firefox 58.0.2 and 59.0.2. Neither exhibit a slow canvas with >> > the >> > > NiFi UI. >> > > >> > > -- Mike >> > > >> > > >> > > On Tue, Apr 3, 2018 at 3:24 PM, Pierre Villard < >> > > [email protected]> >> > > wrote: >> > > >> > > > Yep, same here Mike, back to square one I guess... >> > > > One additional remark: paint event duration seems to be proportional >> > with >> > > > the number of elements to paint on the UI. Not really surprising but >> > just >> > > > wanted to add the info. >> > > > >> > > > >> > > > 2018-04-03 21:12 GMT+02:00 Mike Thomsen <[email protected]>: >> > > > >> > > > > Found on Reddit that you can toggle OMTP using this: >> > > layers.omtp.enabled >> > > > > >> > > > > Disabled it and restarted. Didn't seem to do any good. >> > > > > >> > > > > On Tue, Apr 3, 2018 at 3:08 PM, Mike Thomsen < >> [email protected] >> > > >> > > > > wrote: >> > > > > >> > > > > > Yeah, I'm using a Mac. >> > > > > > >> > > > > > On Tue, Apr 3, 2018 at 2:34 PM, Pierre Villard < >> > > > > > [email protected]> wrote: >> > > > > > >> > > > > >> I've been trying to debug this one and here are my findings so >> > > far... >> > > > > >> >> > > > > >> When debugging performance with the developer tools, the >> "Paint" >> > > event >> > > > > of >> > > > > >> the page is what is taking so long (between 3.5s to 5.5s (!!!) >> > when >> > > I >> > > > > move >> > > > > >> from one place to another on the root canvas). Based on the >> > release >> > > > note >> > > > > >> of >> > > > > >> Firefox 59.0 [1], I see that there is something new for Mac >> users >> > > > (Mike, >> > > > > >> are you also using a Mac?): "Improved graphics rendering using >> > > > > >> Off-Main-Thread Painting (OMTP) [2] for Mac users (OMTP for >> > Windows >> > > > was >> > > > > >> released in Firefox 58)". >> > > > > >> >> > > > > >> So it seems to be related to this new feature(someone using >> > Windows >> > > > > could >> > > > > >> help conf irming if it's also slow using Firefox 58.x.). >> > > > > >> I tried to find existing bugs but didn't find anything really >> > > > > relevant... >> > > > > >> >> > > > > >> [1] https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/59.0/releasenotes/ >> > > > > >> [2] https://mozillagfx.wordpress.com/2017/12/05/off-main- >> > > > > thread-painting/ >> > > > > >> >> > > > > >> >> > > > > >> >> > > > > >> 2018-04-03 16:00 GMT+02:00 Mike Thomsen < >> [email protected]>: >> > > > > >> >> > > > > >> > I experienced it yesterday as well. I'm about to install a >> LTS >> > > > version >> > > > > >> of >> > > > > >> > Firefox so I can keep going there. >> > > > > >> > >> > > > > >> > While someone from the UI side figures this out, I think it >> > should >> > > > be >> > > > > >> filed >> > > > > >> > as a bug report to Mozilla. >> > > > > >> > >> > > > > >> > On Sat, Mar 31, 2018 at 5:04 PM, Pierre Villard < >> > > > > >> > [email protected] >> > > > > >> > > wrote: >> > > > > >> > >> > > > > >> > > Just confirmed that behavior changed between Firefox 58.x >> and >> > > > 59.x. >> > > > > >> > > I'll let our UI gurus find the root cause and will probably >> > use >> > > > > >> Chrome in >> > > > > >> > > the meantime :) >> > > > > >> > > >> > > > > >> > > 2018-03-31 22:02 GMT+02:00 Pierre Villard < >> > > > > >> [email protected]>: >> > > > > >> > > >> > > > > >> > > > Hi guys, >> > > > > >> > > > >> > > > > >> > > > I'm running on master, using Firefox (59.0.2), and it >> seems >> > it >> > > > got >> > > > > >> > slower >> > > > > >> > > > to move around the canvas. In my case, I've around 10 PGs >> > and >> > > > > >> around 50 >> > > > > >> > > > processors. When trying to move from one place to >> another at >> > > the >> > > > > >> root >> > > > > >> > > > level, it's really slow and movement is >> intermittent/broken >> > > (not >> > > > > >> > fluid). >> > > > > >> > > > When accessing the same NiFi with Chrome, no issue at >> all. >> > > > > >> > > > >> > > > > >> > > > Problem is... I've also tried with a NiFi 1.5.0 and a >> NiFi >> > > > 1.3.0 I >> > > > > >> have >> > > > > >> > > > locally with various workflows, and it's the same with >> the >> > > older >> > > > > >> > > versions. >> > > > > >> > > > >> > > > > >> > > > Wondering if this could be related to the upgrade to >> Firefox >> > > > 59.x. >> > > > > >> > > > >> > > > > >> > > > Has anyone experienced the same? >> > > > > >> > > > >> > > > > >> > > > I can try to downgrade to Firefox 58.x to confirm but >> wanted >> > > to >> > > > > >> check >> > > > > >> > > with >> > > > > >> > > > the community first. >> > > > > >> > > > >> > > > > >> > > > Thanks! >> > > > > >> > > > >> > > > > >> > > > >> > > > > >> > > > >> > > > > >> > > >> > > > > >> > >> > > > > >> >> > > > > > >> > > > > > >> > > > > >> > > > >> > > >> > >> > >
