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[tor-bugs] #3792 [Tor Browser]: TBB takes too long to start up
#3792: TBB takes too long to start up
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Reporter: phobos | Owner: mikeperry
Type: enhancement | Status: new
Priority: normal | Milestone:
Component: Tor Browser | Version:
Keywords: | Parent:
Points: | Actualpoints:
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We probably already have this complaint, but I couldn't find an open
ticket in trac. Consider this user feedback.
Ali from Tehran, Iran left a long, detailed voice mail today. He says the
#1 reason people don't use Tor in Iran is because it takes too long to
view a webpage. He's measuring the time as from the time he clicks on the
'Start tor browser' icon in windows xp through the time he can type in a
url. It's taking him 60-90 seconds on average. He says he did 10 trials
over three days.
He double-clicks 'start tor browser' and waits. He sees the vidalia
control panel and the 0-100% progress bar, which takes 40 seconds on
average in Tehran, and then nothing happens for 20 seconds, and then
firefox starts up, and roughly another 10-30 seconds for
check.torproject.org to load and tell him he's using tor. He can now type
in a url and go to a website, such as balatarin.com, which will take
anywhere from 10-30 seconds to load in TBB.
He compares this to his VPN. He clicks on the VPN icon, in 5 seconds it is
connected. He starts up Firefox in 2 seconds. It takes 3 seconds to load
the same site as he used to test before, balatarin.com.
10 second vs. 60-90 means no contest in his mind.
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Ticket URL: <https://trac.torproject.org/projects/tor/ticket/3792>
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