I have a feeling that people are increasingly complaining about the reply tool being slow. We should investigate if it's a real problem and fix it if so.
Recent examples:
>>! https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User_talk:Enterprisey/reply-link#Reply-link_officially_superseded_by_DiscussionTools
> in my experience it's slower
> Yeah, it's noticeably slower sometimes
>>! https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Kawiarenka/Kwestie_techniczne#[_odpowiedz_]
> Przede wszystkim często pokazuje błąd serwera, a mimo wszystko odpowiedź jest zapisywana
> //First of all, it often shows a server error and yet the response is saved.//
(this one sounds like T249071, which is supposed to be fixed)
>>! T286409
> Break internet connection after the server received the request, but before the browser received the response...this results in a warning dialog, and the Reply Tool's comment form remains open
(dunno, maybe this one is a bit of a stretch)
//(I feel like there were more, but I don't have examples handy)//