@Ben - Thank you for the update.
20 seconds seems somewhat high in comparisons to our own tests, but yes it is slower in v9. This is due to the fact that we now start a separate process to handle embedded Firefox. This allows us to handle booth Firefox engines (geckofx & MozNET) along with both x86 & x64 and at the same time isolate from any issues the browser might encounter (crash or hangs for example). Therefore every time you start a new session the engine must load XulRunner and other supporting dlls. We will see if there is anything we can do to speed it up.
20 seconds seems somewhat high in comparisons to our own tests, but yes it is slower in v9. This is due to the fact that we now start a separate process to handle embedded Firefox. This allows us to handle booth Firefox engines (geckofx & MozNET) along with both x86 & x64 and at the same time isolate from any issues the browser might encounter (crash or hangs for example). Therefore every time you start a new session the engine must load XulRunner and other supporting dlls. We will see if there is anything we can do to speed it up.