[Maps-l] What's being done and what needs doing?

[Jens Frank]

2009/4/8 Jens Frank <jens.l.frank at googlemail.com>

>
> The SlippyMap extension requires a small change to the original OpenLayers
> code. At the very end of the file, it sets a variable to "true", so that the
> JavaScript can be loaded asynchronously. The part of the JavaScript that
> creates the map polls for these variables. If they are not yet set, the
> function calls itself using alarm() and a ~0.5s delay. Without this hack,
> the loading of the page would stall at the map in many browsers when using
> slow links or slow CPUs
>

I have to correct myself. The current version of the extension does no
longer include this code. The code was removed in this change:

http://svn.wikimedia.org/viewvc/mediawiki/trunk/extensions/SlippyMap/SlippyMap.class.php?r1=43459&r2=43476


Regards,

jens
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