I think it's a nice idea if to trigger such a suggestion. I would add something to it though. I'd add a timer that checks how long it takes to markup the page, and that when it detects that pages take extremely long to finish rendering with MathJax, automatically proposes to the user to 'switch back'.
That makes the whole experience a bit safer for people. DJ On Fri, May 3, 2013 at 11:17 AM, Matthew Flaschen <[email protected]>wrote: > On 05/03/2013 03:29 AM, Niklas Laxström wrote: > > On 3 May 2013 08:13, Peter Krautzberger <[email protected]> > wrote: > >> Hi, > >> > >> Here's an idea somebody suggested to me. > >> > >> I would like to propose a way for any visitor to opt-in to MathJax on > the > >> fly. (Oh, maybe I should add a disclaimer: I work for MathJax.) > >> > >> This would be simply a button on pages with math that would switch > MathJax > >> on (and possibly off via a cookie). > > > > What is the state of MathJax i18n currently? Before we show it to lots > > of users it should be translatable. > > Hard-coded into minified JavaScript (not using ResourceLoader), > unfortunately (https://bugzilla.wikimedia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=35038) > > I think this is an interesting idea (it's a middle ground towards > possibly changing the default), worth exploring, but it definitely needs > some work. Filed at https://bugzilla.wikimedia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=48036 > > Note, there is already a bug about enabling it by default > (https://bugzilla.wikimedia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=36496), which is a > bigger change. > > See also https://bugzilla.wikimedia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=35480 (a > proposal to send down PNG and then immediately transform it to MathJax > in supported browsers). > > Matt Flaschen > > _______________________________________________ > Wikitech-l mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikitech-l > _______________________________________________ Wikitech-l mailing list [email protected] https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikitech-l
