Speed-up Firefox in Selenium tests

1 files changed, 11 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/it/it-tests/src/test/java/util/selenium/Browser.java b/it/it-tests/src/test/java/util/selenium/Browser.java
index 8d687f66d7c..0e3e6f038c4 100644
--- a/it/it-tests/src/test/java/util/selenium/Browser.java
+++ b/it/it-tests/src/test/java/util/selenium/Browser.java
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@
 package util.selenium;
 
 import org.openqa.selenium.firefox.FirefoxDriver;
+import org.openqa.selenium.firefox.FirefoxProfile;
 
 public enum Browser {
   FIREFOX;
@@ -27,7 +28,16 @@ public enum Browser {
   private final ThreadLocal<SeleniumDriver> perThreadDriver = new ThreadLocal<SeleniumDriver>() {
     @Override
     protected SeleniumDriver initialValue() {
-      return ThreadSafeDriver.makeThreadSafe(new FirefoxDriver());
+      FirefoxProfile profile = new FirefoxProfile();
+      profile.setPreference("browser.startup.homepage", "about:blank");
+      profile.setPreference("startup.homepage_welcome_url", "about:blank");
+      profile.setPreference("startup.homepage_welcome_url.additional", "about:blank");
+      profile.setPreference("nglayout.initialpaint.delay", 0);
+      profile.setPreference("extensions.checkCompatibility", false);
+      profile.setPreference("browser.cache.use_new_backend", 1);
+      profile.setPreference("geo.enabled", false);
+      profile.setPreference("layout.spellcheckDefault", 0);
+      return ThreadSafeDriver.makeThreadSafe(new FirefoxDriver(profile));
     }
   };