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It's not a good comment if you consider that the browser crash they were experiencing wasn't even the website's fault, it was the browser being buggy. The Java
by NathanKP 8y ago
It's not a good comment if you consider that the browser crash they were experiencing wasn't even the website's fault, it was the browser being buggy. The JavaScript error that they copied from the console was an error from inside the Conkeror browser itself (that browser is written mainly in JS). So the OP was complaining to the Show HN creator about the failings of a buggy, non-maintained (in the last 6 years) non-mainstream browser that they choose to use to view the website.
Unfortunately I have seen that type of comment quite a bit on some of the Show HN threads: someone complains that the site doesn't work without JavaScript, or doesn't work with their bizarre non standard web browsing setup.
- brudgers 8y agoSorry for not being clear. From a sentiment standpoint, it's good, and that's the relevant context for my comment. [0] From a technical standpoint, it's gray. People land on both ends of the supported browser spectrum [1]...and all over the middle. Likewise with graceful degradation. Anyway, while Conkeror support is certainly near one end of the technical goodwill spectrum, I think discovery via "ShowHN" is probably better than via an upset customer. [1]: "Best viewed in IE6/Netscape" was standard at one point. Never mind the recent trend of jackassware "Upgrade to a modern browser" popups for anyone not using Chrome.