Maniphest T123457

On single edit tab wikis, if your browser runs JS but is only grade C supported (no MW JS) you probably get a blank edit page and no way to fix it
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mentioned in comments of https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/#/c/259771/2

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	Subject	Repo	Branch	Lines +/-
	Send users whose browsers support JS but are unsupported by MW to the WTE using venoscript=1	mediawiki/extensions/VisualEditor	master	+12 -5
	resourceloader: Introduce window.NORLQ	mediawiki/core	master	+26 -2

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		Resolved		Krenair	T123457 On single edit tab wikis, if your browser runs JS but is only grade C supported (no MW JS) you probably get a blank edit page and no way to fix it

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Krenair created this task.Jan 13 2016, 2:08 AM

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Krenair added projects: VisualEditor-MediaWiki, VisualEditor.

Krenair added subscribers: TheDJ, • Whatamidoing-WMF, Jdforrester-WMF.

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Krenair removed a parent task: T121257: On single edit tab wikis, if your browser is non-JS but your settings say VE you get a blank edit page and no way to fix it.Jan 13 2016, 2:08 AM

• Elitre subscribed.Jan 13 2016, 7:11 PM

Jdforrester-WMF added a parent task: T58337: Change VE integration to only use one edit tab, to avoid user choice paralysis.Jan 15 2016, 9:32 PM

Change 265878 had a related patch set uploaded (by Alex Monk):
startup.js: Introduce window.NORLQ

https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/265878

gerritbot added a project: Patch-For-Review.Jan 23 2016, 12:18 AM

Also uploaded https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/#/c/265879/ but gerrit decided it'd be fun to send me an HTTP 500 ISE instead of posting it here.

Jdforrester-WMF moved this task from To Triage to TR1: Releases on the VisualEditor board.Jan 26 2016, 8:21 PM

Jdforrester-WMF added a project: Blocked-on-Performance.Jan 28 2016, 9:16 PM

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Change 265878 merged by jenkins-bot:
resourceloader: Introduce window.NORLQ

https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/265878

Jdforrester-WMF removed a project: Blocked-on-Performance.Feb 9 2016, 7:38 PM

Change 265879 merged by jenkins-bot:
Send users whose browsers support JS but are unsupported by MW to the WTE using venoscript=1

https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/265879

Jdforrester-WMF closed this task as Resolved.Feb 9 2016, 8:31 PM

Jdforrester-WMF edited projects, added MW-1.27-release (WMF-deploy-2016-02-09_(1.27.0-wmf.13)); removed Patch-For-Review.

ReleaseTaggerBot added projects: MW-1.27-release (WMF-deploy-2016-02-16_(1.27.0-wmf.14)), MW-1.27-release-notes.Feb 12 2016, 11:02 PM