I asked other users of Bangla wikipedia in Bangladesh, and they have
reported no such issues with latency.

Thanks

Ragib


--- In [email protected], "[EMAIL PROTECTED]" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> Few days back I edited some pages and it was fine. Now it's taking huge
> time from here. What you have done man!!!
> 
> 
> Please use a Internet connection similar to 99% BD connection and check
> that. It's not a blog, where ppl goes for many reasons. It's a place
where
> we want people not to leave for any reason. Please try to speedup the
> script.
> 
> 
> 
> 
> Original Message:
> -----------------
> From: Ragib Hasan [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Date: Fri, 2 Mar 2007 05:42:31 -0600
> To: [email protected]
> Subject: [bdlug] Built in Phonetic Bangla Typing in Bangla Wikipedia
> 
> 
> Hi Everyone,
> One of the problems new contributors faced in Bangla Wikipedia
> (http://bn.wikipedia.org ) was the unavailability of a Bangla Typing
> system. They had to use Avro or other external typing tools to write
> Bangla text. Often, when one is in office or elsewhere, this was not
> possible, as it involved installing a software, or doing it in some
> other website and cutting pasting the content.
> 
> Last week, we have enabled built in Bangla typing in Bangla Wikipedia.
> Arnab Zaheen, one of the active administrators and architects of
> Bangla Wikipedia, has modified the Cyrillic wikipedia transliteration
> scripts to suit Bangla typing, and has created the necessary
> mappings/settings to include it in the Edit box.
> 
> So, the bottom line is, you can now type in Bangla without installing
> any software. When you click on edit at any page, you'll see a "Check
> box" at the top of the edit window. Press ESC and the check box will
> be enabled, moving you into Bangla typing mode. Again press escape,
> and you will move into English mode.
> 
> If you don't see the edit box, please press CTRL-F5 or refresh to make
> sure you cache gets cleaned.
> 
> The external tools, like Avro/Likhon etc, will continue to work as
before.
> 
> The built-in typing system uses phonetic key mappings, for the time
being.
> 
> The system is still under construction, and has some documented bugs,
> but Zaheen is improving it regularly. Thanks to him for adding this
> feature.
> 
> 
> With regards,
> 
> Ragib
> 
> -- 
> Ragib Hasan
> PhD Student
> Dept of Computer Science
> University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
> 201 N Goodwin Avenue
> Urbana IL 61801
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