Recently due to project needs (in addition to the QT follow-up version will no longer support Qtwebkit), the QT project involves Qtwebkit transplant into qtwebengine, With the QT version of 5.5.0, the results appear qwebengineview load page is more slow than qwebview, after some tangled in Google found the relevant information, said the QT version of a bug, the subsequent 5.5.1 version will be repaired, leaving a record again.
Reason: Every single network request, Qtwebengine first try to select the appropriate proxy server to access the URL, when a proxy server timeout is not responding, continue to try another service device.
Workaround: Disable non-connected network devices (such as VMware's adapters), or uncheck the local area network (LAN) settings window under automatic configuration under Automatically detect settings.
RELATED Links: https://bugreports.qt.io/browse/QTBUG-44763
Qtwebengine Loading Data slowly