Wikipedia talk:Wikipedia Signpost/2014-05-14/Technology report

Edokter, thank you for your work over the last several weeks. I personally appreciated them. I hope we'll see you around the Signpost, even sporadically, in the future! Best of luck, Ed ^{[talk] [majestic titan]} 21:58, 17 May 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Well, I think the noncollapsing Vector navigation menu is broken. This situation reminds me of the old saw about the difference between a "bug" and a "feature": A feature is a bug that has been documented.
Seriously, though I do recognize that the peekaboo rendering of hidden content is problematic, I'm not sure this is the most elegant workaround. I certainly never thought it was one of the biggest performance hits degrading user experience. "Premature optimization is the root of all evil."[1]
I don't mean to shoot the messenger. Thank you Edokter for the reportage. ~ Ningauble (talk) 20:02, 19 May 2014 (UTC)[reply]

It might be helpful to state that "the Toolserver" is tools.wikimedia.de, whereas "Tool Labs" is tools.wmflabs.org. --Lambiam 22:57, 19 May 2014 (UTC)[reply]