Backed out changeset 8ee18c517127 (bug 881590)

browser/modules/BrowserNewTabPreloader.jsm

@@ -294,8 +294,8 @@ function HiddenBrowser(width, height) {
     let doc = aFrame.document;
     this._browser = doc.createElementNS(XUL_NS, "browser");
     this._browser.setAttribute("type", "content");
-    this._browser.setAttribute("src", NEWTAB_URL);
     doc.getElementById("win").appendChild(this._browser);
+    this.preload();
   });
 }
 
@@ -333,6 +333,16 @@ HiddenBrowser.prototype = {
 
   observe: function () {
     this._timer = null;
+    this.preload();
+  },
+
+  preload: function () {
+    if (!this._browser) {
+      return;
+    }
+
+    // Make sure the browser has the right size.
+    this.resize(this._width, this._height);
 
     // Start pre-loading the new tab page.
     this._browser.loadURI(NEWTAB_URL);
@@ -383,10 +393,7 @@ let HostFrame = {
   },
 
   destroy: function () {
-    if (this._frame) {
-      this._frame.remove();
     this._frame = null;
-    }
   },
 
   _create: function (callback) {
@@ -394,16 +401,17 @@ let HostFrame = {
     let iframe = doc.createElementNS(HTML_NS, "iframe");
     doc.documentElement.appendChild(iframe);
 
-    iframe.addEventListener("load", function onload() {
-      iframe.removeEventListener("load", onload, true);
-
     let frame = iframe.contentWindow;
+    let docShell = frame.QueryInterface(Ci.nsIInterfaceRequestor)
+                        .getInterface(Ci.nsIDocShell);
+
+    docShell.createAboutBlankContentViewer(null);
     frame.location = XUL_PAGE;
 
-      iframe.addEventListener("load", function onload() {
-        iframe.removeEventListener("load", onload, true);
+    let eventHandler = docShell.chromeEventHandler;
+    eventHandler.addEventListener("DOMContentLoaded", function onLoad() {
+      eventHandler.removeEventListener("DOMContentLoaded", onLoad, false);
       callback(HostFrame._frame = frame);
-      }, true);
-    }, true);
+    }, false);
   }
 };