[wp-trac] [WordPress Trac] #14372: Option to load comments asynchronously, for speed

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#14372: Option to load comments asynchronously, for speed
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 Reporter:  markjaquith      |       Owner:                 
     Type:  feature request  |      Status:  new            
 Priority:  normal           |   Milestone:  Awaiting Review
Component:  Comments         |     Version:                 
 Severity:  normal           |    Keywords:  google comments
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Comment(by filosofo):

 From your link:

   Disqus uses JavaScript and helps search engines index the comments by
 displaying the discussion threads on your Disqus community page.

 So the comments are being indexed, but it's on Disqus' site.  There's no
 special guidance that can be applied to XHR-retrieved comments on one's
 own site.

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 As someone who browses with JS (and cookies) turned off by default for
 security reasons, I think this fad of making comments JS-only creates a
 bad user experience.  Sites that use Disqus and the like are saying at
 least one of the following to someone like me:
  * We don't really care if you can read or contribute to our content.
  * We want to force you to expose your client to a third-party site that
 runs a client-side script and requires a cookie.

 To disable JS, I use the NoScript Firefox add-on, which according to the
 Mozilla site has been downloaded over 72 million times, so I don't think
 I'm alone.  Also, with the expanding number of web clients that have
 limited JS abilities, including many screen readers and phones, the number
 of people who can't participate in those comments is growing.

 I love JavaScript; I'm a JavaScript developer.  However, as with
 everything it has its place, and it should be used to ''enhance'' not
 diminish the experience of users.

 So let's provide the ammunition people need to do this if they choose,
 perhaps with an XML or JSON comments query API, but let's not pull the
 trigger by default.

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