Re: [orca-list] Chromium performance degraded after orca update

[Joanmarie Diggs <jdiggs igalia com>]

Any chance you could do a git bisect?

On Fri, 2020-10-02 at 15:01 -0400, Kyle via orca-list wrote:
> I'm currently using the chromium browser for work. The job requires
> that 
> I be able to click numbers at the bottom of the page that are
> clickable 
> items, but also that I read blocks of text one after another after 
> activating a button. The blocks of text are survey questions, and
> the 
> buttons are for the answers. So as soon as I answer one question, I
> need 
> to be prepared to read the next question. I had this working really
> well 
> using Orca 3.36.5 and 3.36.6, but I just got 3.38 yesterday and 
> immediately noticed a huge performance hit. The clickable numbers at
> the 
> bottom of the page now take about 1.5 to 2 seconds to speak, and by
> that 
> time they are usually gone. The questions that I have to read are
> now 
> taking me almost 3 seconds to be spoken, which causes an awkward
> pause. 
> I also noticed that 3.38 is focusing the desktop or the MATE menu
> bar 
> sometimes when I try to click a number, throwing me completely out
> of 
> the browser window and making me switch back to it. This also wasn't 
> happening in 3.36.6. I was just getting some clicks reported as not 
> found, but I could still move. I tried switching over to git master,
> but 
> I am seeing the same problems with performance, although I don't
> recall 
> getting thrown off the browser window. I have successfully
> downgraded 
> back to Orca 3.36.6 and no longer have the performance issues. The 
> clickable numbers are spoken quickly enough to click most of them,
> and 
> my questions are speaking much more quickly. Thanks for any help
> with 
> this issue.
>
> ~Kyle
>
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