Niklas Laxström wrote: >[...] > >Thus, I think that delivering a relative small fonts for simple >scripts like latin and cyrillic is something that is possible *if* we >are willing to accept that it will take some bandwidth and that page >load experience can be affected* if the font is not cached or present >locally. > >* The unwanted effects of using webfonts are getting smaller and >smaller with modern browsers.
I think you're mostly right, though the exact terms of the trade-offs aren't clear here (e.g., "some bandwidth"). We'll need more explicit measurements in order to reach full agreement on what user benefit vs. site performance trade-offs Wikimedia is willing to accept. It's also necessary to hear from the Wikimedia operations team. In addition to end-users weighing the importance of a feature against its cost, the operations team must also make practical considerations. Some Wikimedia wikis get some substantial traffic. ;-) MZMcBride _______________________________________________ Wikitech-l mailing list Wikitech-l@lists.wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikitech-l
