[wp-trac] [WordPress Trac] #12921: Improve word count

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#12921: Improve word count
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 Reporter:  shdus        |        Owner:            
     Type:  enhancement  |       Status:  reopened  
 Priority:  normal       |    Milestone:  Unassigned
Component:  Editor       |      Version:  3.0       
 Severity:  normal       |   Resolution:            
 Keywords:  has-patch    |  
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Comment(by azaozz):

 Replying to [comment:6 koopersmith]:
 > it's creating (not executing) an anonymous function...

 It's creating a new function on every keyup? Typing a 2,000 words post X
 average of 5 keystrokes per word = 10,000 new lambda functions, starting
 to look like memory leak :)

 A lot of testing went into making this plugin. It's a "nice to have"
 (secondary) feature so it shouldn't interfere with the main feature
 (typing) at all or it becomes pointless.

 At first it used to update the word count every 10 sec but if the user was
 typing fast in a slower browser or on slower computer, sometimes there was
 a very annoying lag/skipping when it was running. The best time to update
 the count is when the user pauses typing for a moment. Nearly all users
 pause when starting a new paragraph or use the backspace key, so running
 the count then makes any lag virtually unnoticeable.

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Ticket URL: <http://core.trac.wordpress.org/ticket/12921#comment:7>
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