https://bugzilla.wikimedia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=59958
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Bug ID: 59958
Summary: ULS loading language-specific fonts for interlanguage
links
Product: MediaWiki extensions
Version: unspecified
Hardware: All
OS: All
Status: NEW
Keywords: performance
Severity: normal
Priority: Unprioritized
Component: UniversalLanguageSelector
Assignee: wikibugs-l@lists.wikimedia.org
Reporter: o...@wikimedia.org
CC: alolita.sha...@gmail.com,
amir.ahar...@mail.huji.ac.il, kartik.mis...@gmail.com,
niklas.laxst...@gmail.com, pgi...@wikimedia.org,
run...@gmail.com, santhosh.thottin...@gmail.com
Classification: Unclassified
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Created attachment 14294
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Waterfall diagram showing impact on latency and resource utilization
On <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Conjunctivitis>, UniversalLanguageSelector
loads just under half a megabyte of fonts (490.2 Kb). By comparison, the
combined size of all other resources -- that is, *all* javascript, CSS, images
and text -- is 346 Kb.
The impact on page performance is severe. It is clearly noticeable even on a
high-bandwidth, low-latency connection. The attached image shows the font
requests saturating bandwidth, then CPU as they are retrieved and rendered.
More details here: <http://www.webpagetest.org/result/140111_D1_TEV/1/details/>
WebKit browsers hide text until the font is available. This causes the
interlanguage links for which ULS is overriding the system default font
selection to appear in one font, vanish for several seconds, and then re-appear
in a different font. I recorded this on my laptop:
<http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J3Wd7d8Y7wE>. Note that I am using a
bleeding-edge browser version and connecting to the internet via a broadband
connection.
In my assessment, the frequency and regularity with which this issue has
recurred makes it clear that ULS's strategy for loading web fonts is
fundamentally misguided. I do not consider a selector exemption to be an
adequate solution to this bug.
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