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>Well, it's certainly "minimalist" and it's a very nice web site That website is a monstrosity. You get a blank page with javascript off. When you enable it, i

>Well, it's certainly "minimalist" and it's a very nice web site That website is a monstrosity. You get a blank page with javascript off. When you enable it, it takes about 7 seconds of pinwheel to load anything, at which point you're suddenly assaulted with high volume mood music.

whytaka 10y ago
Whenever a website makes my laptop burn up it makes me angry knowing that it's effectively shortening the lifespan of its battery. I hate websites like this.
- luckydude 10y ago
  What you said. Hated the website. When it's all glitzy like that I pretty much check out. I'm more of a fan of the nerdy crappy camera angles but they are showing you how to do something on the cheap. There is a guy on youtube who has helped me repair our subarus, he's awesome. This website was the opposite of that.
a3n 10y ago
> When you enable it, it takes about 7 seconds of pinwheel to load anything, Huh. I should have waited two more seconds, I didn't think anything was going to happen. I wonder how many people (like me) think "something's wrong" and move on.
balladeer 10y ago
I don't know what they were trying to show. I think I waited till 30 secs or so and all I could see was pastures, streams, mountains, and greenery. Then I realised it's one of those "minimalist" website and gave up. Googled for images and it turned out to be good old cabin in the woods, maybe readymade.
baobrien 10y ago
and it transfers around 70-80Mb if you let the background montage play through
newsbinator 10y ago
Does the benefit of browsing the web with javascript off outweigh the inconvenience of most of the web not working?
- adrianN 10y ago
  Most of the web that I want to see works just fine without Javascript. A good part of the web that I only sometimes want to see works a lot better without Javascript. It's very seldom that I enable Javascript for a website and afterwards think that it was worth the effort.
- Sir_Substance 10y ago
  Yes.
coldtea 10y ago
>That website is a monstrosity. You get a blank page with javascript off. You also get that with a monitor unplugged. It's supposed to target affluent customers with fast internet (in particular, Japanese internet, they don't sell outside Japan). If they aren't the picky types that disable their JS, even better.
- Sir_Substance 10y ago
  Is 300Mb synchronous fiber fast enough for you? Puts the 7 second load time in perspective. Javascript blocking is a fairly basic and widely used tool for internet security these days. Having JS disabled by default is a security choice, not a speed one. It's definitely a sign of poor web design to not at least have a landing page saying "this website relies on scripts, please enable them to view the page". Of course, since the page is literally just text and pictures, exactly what HTML and CSS were designed for, the fact that it doesn't work at all without javascript and takes 7 seconds to load on a 300Mb connection with them turned, we've got bigger problems. It's honestly like looking at someone who has built an treehouse out of shopping bags and resin, and then attach it to the tree with a powder actuated nailgun. The web designer is definitely using all the wrong tools and ingredients.
  - coldtea 10y ago
    >Javascript blocking is a fairly basic and widely used tool for internet security these days. Fairly basic it is. But it's nowhere near "widely used" in any way that it would impact a businesses sales.

whytaka 10y ago

Whenever a website makes my laptop burn up it makes me angry knowing that it's effectively shortening the lifespan of its battery. I hate websites like this.

luckydude 10y ago
What you said. Hated the website. When it's all glitzy like that I pretty much check out. I'm more of a fan of the nerdy crappy camera angles but they are showing you how to do something on the cheap. There is a guy on youtube who has helped me repair our subarus, he's awesome. This website was the opposite of that.

a3n 10y ago

> When you enable it, it takes about 7 seconds of pinwheel to load anything, Huh. I should have waited two more seconds, I didn't think anything was going to happen. I wonder how many people (like me) think "something's wrong" and move on.

balladeer 10y ago

I don't know what they were trying to show. I think I waited till 30 secs or so and all I could see was pastures, streams, mountains, and greenery. Then I realised it's one of those "minimalist" website and gave up. Googled for images and it turned out to be good old cabin in the woods, maybe readymade.

baobrien 10y ago

and it transfers around 70-80Mb if you let the background montage play through

newsbinator 10y ago

Does the benefit of browsing the web with javascript off outweigh the inconvenience of most of the web not working?

adrianN 10y ago
Most of the web that I want to see works just fine without Javascript. A good part of the web that I only sometimes want to see works a lot better without Javascript. It's very seldom that I enable Javascript for a website and afterwards think that it was worth the effort.
Sir_Substance 10y ago
Yes.

coldtea 10y ago

>That website is a monstrosity. You get a blank page with javascript off. You also get that with a monitor unplugged. It's supposed to target affluent customers with fast internet (in particular, Japanese internet, they don't sell outside Japan). If they aren't the picky types that disable their JS, even better.

Sir_Substance 10y ago
Is 300Mb synchronous fiber fast enough for you? Puts the 7 second load time in perspective. Javascript blocking is a fairly basic and widely used tool for internet security these days. Having JS disabled by default is a security choice, not a speed one. It's definitely a sign of poor web design to not at least have a landing page saying "this website relies on scripts, please enable them to view the page". Of course, since the page is literally just text and pictures, exactly what HTML and CSS were designed for, the fact that it doesn't work at all without javascript and takes 7 seconds to load on a 300Mb connection with them turned, we've got bigger problems. It's honestly like looking at someone who has built an treehouse out of shopping bags and resin, and then attach it to the tree with a powder actuated nailgun. The web designer is definitely using all the wrong tools and ingredients.
- coldtea 10y ago
  >Javascript blocking is a fairly basic and widely used tool for internet security these days. Fairly basic it is. But it's nowhere near "widely used" in any way that it would impact a businesses sales.