Why is Chrome Rendering Rails Pages So Slowly When Using POW?
google-chrome, rack-pow, ruby-on-rails, ruby-on-rails-3
Solution
The specifics of getting it to work on OSX are as follows:
- Open `System Preferences`
- Open `Network`
- Open `Advanced`
- Click `Proxies` tab
- in the field labelled Bypass proxy settings for Hosts & Domains, add `*.dev`
- Click `OK`
- Click `Apply`
Problem
When using Chrome with a POW `.dev` domain, page loads are incredibly slow. There is a long delay between Rails finishing its work and the page being rendered to the screen. Running the same app on a `.dev` domain in Safari or Firefox results in instant page load. As does running an alternate server locally on localhost.