Performance issues

[ericgrosse]

So I did the usual git clone -> npm install -> npm start -> open browser at localhost:8080 and the application works, but it has an annoying performance issue.

First, in the UI you see something like the following:

This eventually resolves itself after several seconds, but in that timeframe you can't even see the textarea used to input comments.

Another issue is that you see a special cursor (the one you see when hovering over hyperlinks) with the mouse until those several seconds go by and the textarea appears.