On Tue, Jun 15, 2010 at 2:19 PM, Ryan Lomonaco <wiki.ral...@gmail.com> wrote: > Forwarded. > > ---------- Forwarded message ---------- > From: Yann Forget <yan...@gmail.com> > Date: Tue, Jun 15, 2010 at 6:57 AM > Subject: Usability: page weight > To: foundation-l-ow...@lists.wikimedia.org > > > Hello, > > While we are talking about usability issues, I would like to mention > an issue which was not mentioned up to now : page weight. > > I am now surfing most of time with a 3G key with a bandwidth of 16 > KB/s maximum, and often less. > My experience of Wikimedia sites compared with the other websites I am > using regularly, GMail and Facebook, > shows that these load much faster than Wikimedia pages, even if the > page is mostly empty. > It seems that these sites use some fancy caching for that. > > Page weight is a major hurdle for working on any Wikimedia sites > affecting users who do not enjoy a broadband connection. > And I believe that small wikis with non-European languages are more > affected than others (a study would be interesting here). > For improving outreach of Wikimedia outside of the Western world, > improving the page weight should be a priority. > > What can be done?
I notice that, when comparing logged-in to logged-out page loading times, the former is almost twice the latter. This appears to be true whether I refresh the browser cache or not (tested on Main Page). A light, JavaScript-free skin for low-bandwidth use might be an intermediate measure. Magnus _______________________________________________ foundation-l mailing list foundation-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/foundation-l
