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 = Cc["@mozilla.org/timer;1"].createInstance(Ci.nsITimer); timer.initWithCallback( function() { response.finish(); }, 500, Ci.nsITimer.TYPE_ONE_SHOT ); }