title: Selenium chromeDriver open extremely slower than open a website in chrome browser directly
body: <p>I met a disgusting issue regarding the speed of Selenium Webdriver when opening  a website.</p>
  
  <p>The website which I am testing is a internal website, so it is not accessible for you. In order to describe my issue in detail, I will refer to the website as <code>ABC</code>.</p>
  
  <p>When I type <code>ABC</code>'s URL in Chrome browser, it only takes 1 seconds to open this website. </p>
  
  <p>In TestNG my Selenium client looks like this:</p>
  
  <pre><code>String ABC = "ABC'S URL";
  String chromeDriverPath = "C:\\selenium\\chromedriver.exe" ;
  System.out.println("start selenium");
  File file = new File(chromeDriverPath);
  System.setProperty("webdriver.chrome.driver",file.getAbsolutePath());
  ChromeOptions options = new ChromeOptions();
  options.addArguments("--start-maximized");
  webDriver driver = new ChromeDriver(options);
  driver.get(ABC);
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>Then, Chrome will be controlled by automated testing software. On the footprint, there will be a note that says <code>waiting for staticxx.fackbook.com</code>, or <code>waiting for www.facebook.com</code>.</p>
  
  <p>After 1 minute , <code>ABC</code> website has been successfully loaded. I check <code>F12</code> tool and in console it says <code>staticxx.facebook.com/connect/xd_arbiter/r/0F7S7QWJ0Ac.js?version=42#channel=f38f3479a8af658&amp;origin=http%
  Failed to load resource: the server responded with a status of 503 (Service Unavailable)</code>.</p>
  
  <p>Is there any Selenium API which could avoid loading certain web resources?
  Or, could I do some configuration on browser to stop loading certain web resources?</p>
  
  <p>Thank you all in advance! </p>