I've submitted patches on 2 of the 3 issues. Review welcomed. https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/273542 https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/273540
On Thu, Feb 25, 2016 at 10:09 PM, Ori Livneh <[email protected]> wrote: > So, with mobile usage creeping up to and even exceeding desktop, I figured I > was overdue for switching over to the mobile skin, so I get to know it a bit > better. > > I think it looks very attractive and modern. But it is marred by a usability > issue so severe that it is borderline unusable to me, and that is the manner > in which the content jumps around as the page is loading. > > The problem is that sections are initially loaded in an expanded state, and > then collapsed by JavaScript code which is only executed on document ready. > This code also pulls in interface elements that are drawn quite late. Even > on a fast connection, a quick reader can be halfway through reading a > paragraph when all of a sudden the content suddenly and rudely shifts to > side or is revoked entirely. > > The result is very dizzying and unpleasant. As a result, I find that I have > to train myself *not* to start reading the text in front of me until the > page has settled down. > > I don't think that this is good performance. It may get something to render > sooner than it otherwise would have, but it ends up delaying the time it > takes for the page to settle into its fully-loaded layout, which forces the > user to wait longer (or tolerate the electric jolt of having the content > skip around mid-sentence). > > Roan filed this as https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T126825 . I set its > priority to "high", and I hope this e-mail gives some context as to why. > > _______________________________________________ > reading-wmf mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/reading-wmf > _______________________________________________ Mobile-l mailing list [email protected] https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/mobile-l
