Minimal java-script load my ass, I guess you must be using a fiber-optic connection. Most pages already have a lag due to the amount of JS needed to run the site. Jumping pages have been a normal thing since resourceloader (caused by lagging JS issues)
On Mon, Jul 22, 2013 at 2:36 PM, Erik Moeller <[email protected]> wrote: > On Mon, Jul 22, 2013 at 9:51 AM, Tyler Romeo <[email protected]> wrote: > > Seriously, though, I understand why the VE team might want to force > > everybody to use VE > > That's a misrepresentation of the facts. We're not talking about > "forcing people to use VE". We're talking about whether there should > be a preference to hide all aspects of VE from the user interface. The > default behavior is that both modes coexist. Nobody is forced to use > VE, and it adds minimal JavaScript footprint if it is not used. > > The default experience clearly still has room for improvement for > users who prefer wikitext. In my view, in order of priority: > > 1) Section editing behavior - the hybrid link display is mildly > annoying, and doesn't work for touch interfaces; > 2) Inconsistent labels across namespaces - "Edit source" label should > probably be consistently used; > 3) Further tweaks to tab loading to minimize any delay in rendering. > > If these issues are addressed now, the only one that remains for users > preferring wikitext is getting used to the presence of a new tab in > the interface, which I do think is a reasonable change to not offer a > specific preference for. (I'm not talking about VE edit > bugs/problematic edits in this context as that's a separate issue.) > > Erik > > -- > Erik Möller > VP of Engineering and Product Development, Wikimedia Foundation > > _______________________________________________ > 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
