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Why is autocomplete.js slow only in Firefox

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James.Jim.Cook
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A jquery autocomplete.js with 72,000 items takes about 4 seconds to run in Safari and Chrome. On Firefox it takes about 40 seconds, making it unusable. Why would Firefox be so much slower?

I have restarted in Safe Mode and Reset Firefox to no avail.

A jquery autocomplete.js with 72,000 items takes about 4 seconds to run in Safari and Chrome. On Firefox it takes about 40 seconds, making it unusable. Why would Firefox be so much slower? I have restarted in Safe Mode and Reset Firefox to no avail.

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TyDraniu
TyDraniu
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Could you file a bug on https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/enter_bug.cgi ?

Thanks.