Re: [Wikitech-l] Performance of loading custom style sheets

Hi, Mediawiki's performance has improved substantially over the versions. and 1.9 seems the snappiest yet. When I upgraded I found I had some slow stuff being loaded in addition to MW. Using Firebug beta (v cool BTW) I noticed something odd. The index.php for the page loads blindingly fast, but the following: /index.php?title=-&action=raw&smaxage=0&gen=js<http://www.exscien.com/internal/index.php?title=-&action=raw&smaxage=0&gen=js> /index.php?title=MediaWiki:Common.css&usemsgcache=yes&action=raw&ctype=text/css&smaxage=18000<http://www.exscien.com/internal/index.php?title=MediaWiki:Common.css&usemsgcache=yes&action=raw&ctype=text/css&smaxage=18000> /index.php?title=User:Alexp/monobook.css&action=raw&ctype=text/css<http://www.exscien.com/internal/index.php?title=User:Alexp/monobook.css&action=raw&ctype=text/css> /index.php?title=-&action=raw&gen=css&maxage=18000&smaxage=0&ts=20070129214411<http://www.exscien.com/internal/index.php?title=-&action=raw&gen=css&maxage=18000&smaxage=0&ts=20070129214411> ... seem to run very slowly (one was taking 2 seconds and each take over .5secs, on a page that took 16ms to render). What can be done to speed them? As far as I can see they are just simple js direct from the DB. Am I missing something or is there a performance hole there?