https://bugzilla.wikimedia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=35480

Peter Krautzberger <[email protected]> changed:

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--- Comment #4 from Peter Krautzberger <[email protected]> ---
As an observer, I would like to add a few points. First, it's very easy to test
this, just modify
http://stackoverflow.com/questions/14610821/apply-mathjax-to-arbitrary-elements/14631703#14631703
to look for "tex" classes. With this you could actually compare timing.

A quick (unrepresentative) look tells me that equation images vary between
200byte (single characters) and 1.5kb (decently sized arrays). I'm guessing an
average Wikipedia page is in the hundreds kb; an average MathJax download will
also be in the hundreds kb (most of it coming in asynchronously depending on
the content and the user's browser cache). 

I don't know what the average equation load is (10kb? 50kb?), but I suspect
there's little to loose for the user: with few equations, the load won't make a
blip, with many you might really want the images first since MathJax rendering
(not downloading) is the real delay.

Personally, I find the user experience very pleasing when images silently turn
into HTML.

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