On Thu, Apr 5, 2012 at 10:34 AM, Jon Robson <[email protected]> wrote:

> > The best way to balance all the pros/cons is to load the chrome+first
> > paragraph as fast as possible. *Then* load all subsequent sections
> > asynchronously *while* the user is reading the first section. That way we
> > have all the content by the time the user gets to each sub section. This
> > resolved you having to wait for each section as you tap but allows the
> page
> > to load as fast as possible.
>
> How would you say this would work for users with javascript disabled?
> I could imagine us having a separate url for a 'complete page' - e.g.
> a page like the ones we have now e.g.
> http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/San_Francisco/complete
> and then having
> http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/San_Francisco
> be the first paragraph with a link saying 'read more' pointing to the
> 'complete page'. This provides a path for non-javascript users. Then
> we enhance this to load the sections asynchronously as you've
> suggested.
>

That sounds pretty sensible; basically either way you have to click through
something to get at more content. With no JS it's "intro" -> "complete";
with JS you get to open each section individually.

-- brion
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