Remove MathPlayer detection
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	Physikerwelt
	Jan 11 2022, 1:17 PM

Description

Since 2014 (T73748) we run the following client side JS script on any page visit

  // If MathPlayer is installed we show the MathML rendering.
    if ( navigator.userAgent.indexOf( 'MathPlayer' ) > -1 ) {
        $( '.mwe-math-mathml-a11y' ).removeClass( 'mwe-math-mathml-a11y' );
        $( '.mwe-math-fallback-image-inline,
.mwe-math-fallback-image-display' ).css( 'display', 'none' );
        return;
    }

This is quite a CO2 footprint I guess.

According to @NSoiffer MathPlayer stopped working around IE8. Which is only a tiny fraction of the overall request. Therefore we should decide to disable the feature at some point in time.

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Due Date: Dec 30 2022, 11:00 PM

	Subject	Repo	Branch	Lines +/-
	Remove MathPlayer	mediawiki/extensions/Math	master	+0 -23

Customize query in gerrit

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Mentioned Here: T73748: Display MathML when MathPlayer is installed

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Physikerwelt created this task.Jan 11 2022, 1:17 PM

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Physikerwelt triaged this task as Low priority.Jan 11 2022, 1:18 PM

Physikerwelt set Due Date to Dec 30 2022, 11:00 PM.

Physikerwelt set the point value for this task to 2.

Peachey88 edited projects, added Technical-Debt; removed Sustainability.Feb 16 2022, 8:15 AM

@Physikerwelt: Hi, the Due Date set for this open task passed a while ago.
Could you please either update or reset the Due Date (by clicking Edit Task), or set the status of this task to resolved in case this task is done? Thanks!