[RFC|Merged] Use Google's jQuery

[sooskriszta]

I understand that 3.1 will ship with jQuery. This is great!

Can you also add the option for admin who can decide to use Google's libraries instead (via AJAX libraries API http://code.google.com/apis/libraries/)? There are at least 2 benefits:
1) Many large sites use Google's libraries so there's a very high probability that these are already cached on the user's computer.
2) Even if the libraries aren't already cached, it could speed things up as
a) The libraries are coming from a different domain, so for browsers that limit parallel threads from 1 domain this can help,
b ) Google has a very massive CDN and serving anything through that implicitly speeds things up

If I understand corectly, Google has following libraries available:
Dojo
Ext Core
jQuery
jQuery UI
MooTools
Prototype
script.aculo.us
SWFObject
WebFont Loader

Ticket: http://tracker.phpbb.com/browse/PHPBB3-10390

[callumacrae]

While I kind of like the idea, I don't think it will ever be accepted. There are two reasons for this: firstly, if the google CDN goes down then tonnes of boards go down - this is not true, as it is really easy to write a fallback (see html5bp and how it does it). Secondly is security - phpBB does not allow remote scripts in case the third party server is hacked and malicious code sent. This being google CDN, I can't see that happening.

[bantu]

There are quite a few reasons why phpBB should not use a CDN by default.

• Private networks: phpBB has to function properly without an internet connection.
• Privacy: A request to a phpBB board sends a request to the CDN.

Considering this, JavaScript libraries have to be shipped with phpBB and have to be delivered from the webserver where phpBB is running on by default.

However, we should make it pretty easy to use a service like a CDN.

[callumacrae]

There are quite a few reasons why phpBB should not use a CDN by default.

• Private networks: phpBB has to function properly without an internet connection.
• Privacy: A request to a phpBB board sends a request to the CDN.

Considering this, JavaScript libraries have to be shipped with phpBB and have to be delivered from the webserver where phpBB is running on by default.

However, we should make it pretty easy to use a service like a CDN.

I hadn't considered the privacy argument, but the connection argument is invalid - a one line fallback is all that is required.

[sooskriszta]

phpBB should not use a CDN by default.

I agree - by default phpbb should use the libraries it ships with. However, I would submit that it is very beneficial to many boards to have an option to check a box in ACP that makes phpbb use Google libraries instead.

[callumacrae]

I agree - by default phpbb should use the libraries it ships with. However, I would submit that it is very beneficial to many boards to have an option to check a box in ACP that makes phpbb use Google libraries instead.

+1 (and a text input to allow the user to specify a remote library, although it should default to google)

[nickvergessen]

This could be an easy MOD

[naderman]

I agree that we should provide this option by default.

[MattF]

This could be an easy MOD

I agree that we should provide this option by default.

Didn't I already present this many months ago?

viewtopic.php?f=108&t=33747&start=50#p224199

[naderman]

This could be an easy MOD

I agree that we should provide this option by default.

Didn't I already present this many months ago?

viewtopic.php?f=108&t=33747&start=50#p224199

Yup and I still agree with you. Maybe you want to write a patch for this?