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Re:Why it took a long time to build the tiny link preview on... by ckoerner on Monday April 23, 2018 @09:52AM (#16903378)
IIRC the delay value is set at 500ms before a preview is shown.
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Re:Why it took a long time to build the tiny link preview on... by dc3k on Monday April 23, 2018 @01:42PM (#16905634)
It seems like the timer starts as soon as the pointer enters the link area. I would be happier if it was 250ms that starts when the pointer stops moving.

Either way I love this feature.

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Re:Why it took a long time to build the tiny link preview on... by sushid on Monday April 23, 2018 @06:24PM (#16908035)
I'd imagine at the scale Wikipedia is operating, they'd have to be sensitive about accessibility features. Some might find it hard to keep the pointer at a compete stop and the 500ms timer seems to do the job pretty well.
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