- last post: 01.01.0001 12:00 AM PDT
This is evident in Firefox 2.0.0.9 Final, Firefox 3.0a (Gran Paradiso Alpha) and all of the other Alphas that followed it and now Firefox 3.0b1 (Firefox 3 Beta 1) when typing in the textarea for "Body" i.e. the place where I typed this message, with Javascript enabled it lags.
What I mean is if I type a sentence, I have to wait once I have finished for it to show up on the screen (which goes at about 2-3 characters per second) because you use Javascript to check how many characters I have used up.
Now the only viable response I would expect from anywhere upon posting something like this would be "Then disable Javascript" well maybe a "Ok, we're on it - should be fixed soon" but I would expect the first response.
Thing is, Bungie.net requires Javascript so that's not an option. While I can temporarily disable Javascript when typing then re-enable it before posting, that kind of has a detrimental effect on everything. That means I have to do something I shouldn't because of a "feature" on your site. Slight accessibility problem? Well usability.
Is there any chance the lovely Bungie.net programmer chaps could look into this?
No doubt it'll be easy to fix. Either remove the feature altogether and just use server-side checking for character length (which is not hard at all) rather than client-side, or maybe have it update the counter every 5-10 seconds (which would cause a spot of lag every 5-10 seconds but that is much better than how it is now).
Thing is, I've made a Javascript character checker before very similar to yours and it worked in every browser I tried and I don't know very much Javascript at all, the guys you have are no doubt highly experienced...
End essay. xD
[Edited on 11.30.2007 10:53 AM PST]