David Gerard wrote:
On 9 June 2011 19:14, Brion Vibber brion@pobox.com wrote:
Note that the jumping isn't because it's an extension, but rather because of the specific way the toolbar and editor bits get injected and activated. Merging to core or not would have no effect on that -- it can be fixed while still an extension, or it can remain jumpy in core.
That jumping is one of the biggest pains in the goddamn ass when I'm trying to edit Wikipedia.
(It appears my 1Mbit connection is not fast enough for Wikipedia, as my 20MBit work connection doesn't have the same problem, finishing the jumping far quicker ...)
Is there anything I can do to alleviate this bloody annoying problem?
As I recall, the old toolbar had this exact same problem. The only difference was that it was so much smaller in code size that it wasn't nearly as noticeable, especially on a fast connection. The English Wikipedia implemented a solution that pre-set the height of the toolbar in CSS, so when it finally loaded, there would be no jump. More info about this trick: http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=259876614#Jumping_edit_window.
I'm not sure if the same trick can work for the new toolbar, as the new toolbar doesn't have a consistent height. The height fluctuates depending on which sub-modules have been expanded previously. This could probably be fixed by loading the toolbar earlier, though?
MZMcBride