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Rename the "live preview" feature to reflect what it is (it's inline, not live)
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Rename the "live preview" preference to be clearer what it providesmediawiki/coremaster+1 -1
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Jdforrester-WMF created this task.Jul 20 2017, 3:07 PM
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Fomafix subscribed.Jul 20 2017, 7:27 PM

We can also change the feature from an inline preview to a live preview.

Jdforrester-WMF added a comment.Jul 20 2017, 7:30 PM
In T171176#3457585, @Fomafix wrote:

We can also change the feature from an inline preview to a live preview.

If you want to build an extension to do that you're welcome, but it'd crush Wikimedia's servers.

gerritbot subscribed.Aug 2 2017, 12:59 AM

Change 369582 had a related patch set uploaded (by Jforrester; owner: Jforrester):
[mediawiki/core@master] Rename the "live preview" preference to be clearer what it provides

https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/369582

gerritbot added a project: Patch-For-Review.Aug 2 2017, 12:59 AM
gerritbot added a comment.Aug 2 2017, 4:02 PM

Change 369582 merged by jenkins-bot:
[mediawiki/core@master] Rename the "live preview" preference to be clearer what it provides

https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/369582

Jdforrester-WMF closed this task as Resolved.Aug 2 2017, 4:04 PM
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• Deskana subscribed.Aug 2 2017, 4:07 PM

"Use live preview" → "Show previews without reloading the page"

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matmarex subscribed.Aug 2 2017, 6:05 PM
In T171176#3457590, @Jdforrester-WMF wrote:
In T171176#3457585, @Fomafix wrote:

We can also change the feature from an inline preview to a live preview.

If you want to build an extension to do that you're welcome, but it'd crush Wikimedia's servers.

This seems unlikely, given that we already "stash" edits as they are typed (and speculatively parse them) to improve page save times.

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