Endorsements list flags

[Glen-Rhodes]

When going to nation that has tons of endorsements, the page takes forever to load, and sometimes freezes the browser. I would assume this is because of all of the flag images, that are simply HTML-resized, rather than actual small images.

Could we either get rid of the small flags on the endorsements lists, or copy each nation flag into a smaller icon version, instead of simply resizing the larger image with HTML?

[Topid]

I hadn't noticed this before...

I'm using Firefox for the first time and it's running very slow as is, and when I try to load pages of people with tons of endos it slows me down a lot.

I don't know about all that image resize HTML stuff, that's over my head, but would it be possible to stick the list of endorsements in a (sorta) spoiler? (And leave the total endorsements on the outside.) That way they wouldn't load every single time the page is accessed, but are still easy to see if needed. (Similar to the delegate votes on the WA page.)

Basically looking like:

Endorsements Received: 2

Zanemia, NeuroZuni

[The Tofu Islands]

I don't know about all that image resize HTML stuff, that's over my head, but would it be possible to stick the list of endorsements in a (sorta) spoiler? (And leave the total endorsements on the outside.) That way they wouldn't load every single time the page is accessed, but are still easy to see if needed. (Similar to the delegate votes on the WA page.)

I’m pretty sure that, in Firefox at least, images in spoilers (or at least ones using the forums method of implementing it) are still loaded when the page starts up, however the resizing is done when they’re displayed.

[Glen-Rhodes]

II don't know about all that image resize HTML stuff, that's over my head...

I'll try and explain it simply, because this is what is causing the problem. In this little explanation, we'll be using Alsted, since he has 332 endorsements.

When you load the page, each of those 332 flag images is loaded. You see them as small, but that's merely a visual manipulation. The tiny image still has the same size as the large image, because it still technically is the large image. You're essentially going to a page with 332 medium-sized images. That's bound to make any browser lag or sometimes freeze.

[[violet]]

Yes, it's probably worth correcting this, given the rising popularity of mobile devices. Previously we had a server straining at the limits of its CPU, but that's no longer the case and we can auto-generate thumbnails.

[Omigodtheykilledkenny]

While we're correcting the smaller flag images, can we please remove the small flags for Founders on the WFE? They clash, especially since they aren't the same size as the Delegate flag just above them. Either that, or just make the Delegate flag the same size.

[Neasmyrna]

While we're correcting the smaller flag images, can we please remove the small flags for Founders on the WFE? They clash, especially since they aren't the same size as the Delegate flag just above them. Either that, or just make the Delegate flag the same size.

It would look kinda weird with the founder having no flag next to it though...

[Omigodtheykilledkenny]

It never looked weird before...

[Topid]

It never looked weird before...

That is weird....