var timer; function handleRequest(request, response) { response.setHeader("Cache-Control", "no-cache, must-revalidate", false); response.setHeader("Content-Type", "text/css", false); response.write("body { background:lime; color:red; }"); response.processAsync(); timer = Components.classes["@mozilla.org/timer;1"] .createInstance(Components.interfaces.nsITimer); timer.initWithCallback(function() { response.finish(); }, 500, Components.interfaces.nsITimer.TYPE_ONE_SHOT); }