Hey Brian, On 11.12.2017 00:10, Brian Wolff wrote: > Maybe not a hard no, but I would rate the probability as somewhere around > 1%. > > If you really wanted to push this (with the understanding that its probably > not going anywhere) I would say make a report, comingup with a solid case > with a solid implementation plan, including: > * what is the fallback plan for non js users and users with old browsers > * what would the bandwidth saving be in typical usage on typical wikipedia > pages > * what is the server side latency on an uncached hit where we have to > generate a thumbnail for the request, compared to existing formats > *what is the client side latency to render with the polyfill compared to > native format. What happens during rendering? What about people using > old-generation cell phones with lackluster cpus? Is it in a separate worker > thread or does it stop the main js thread? What is the general affect to > the user during polyfil loading. > *combining server side latency, client side latency bandwidth difference, > etc what is the overall difference in loading time for the user on a > typical wikipedia page- and what is it for a (client side) cached hit vs > (server side i.e. thumb is already rendered) vs totally uncached where > thumbnail has to be converted on the fly. > > I think that would be the minimum information required to convince people > to do this, and i doubt that that would be enough unless the numbers are > super good. Thanks alot for this open feedback, Brian. I think about that. :)
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