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> One less dependency, network request and more efficient code is always worth the effort. Except that 90% of sites that use BS5 will continue to use JQ for ot

> One less dependency, network request and more efficient code is always worth the effort. Except that 90% of sites that use BS5 will continue to use JQ for other things anyway so, in reality, you won't have less code, fewer requests, etc. Personally I've felt for a while that JQ's day in the sun is over and that developers should really think about whether they need it or not. Maybe really getting rid of it starts with slightly risky moves like this. Like when Apple killed the floppy.

dylan604 8y ago
How was Apple killing the floppy a slightly risky move? Granted, we have hindsight now, but when they released the first machine without a floppy I had already said good riddance to lame 1.5MB slower than christmas devices. The only thing I miss about floppies are the sounds they made. The heads cycling back and forth and the Mac eject sounds were so distinct. I also do not miss the ADB connections, nor do I miss SCSI. I also do not miss System 7,8,9. Some of the decisions Apple has "forced" upon us have not all been bad. Although, all of those decisions were made when they were a computer company. The forced decisions after have sucked. I'm looking directly at you TouchBar, butterfly keyboard, MacPro Trashcan, AMD GPU only, and loss of MagSafe.
- dajohnson89 8y ago
  Just curious, what's your opinion on their decision to remove the headphone jack?
  - dylan604 8y ago
    That's one of the post Apple Computer decisions that bugs me. I'm a relic and like my headphones with wires attached. My wired cans have this unique feature of not needing to be recharged.
    - sureaboutthis 8y ago
      Now you know how everyone else felt when Apple killed the floppy.
      - dylan604 8y ago
        I don't follow your logic. When the floppy was killed, there were better replacements available. There were devices just as portable, larger capacity, and faster access. It just plugged into a different port, and came in a different form factor. Switching from wired to wireless giving up performance capabilities (ex: over ear headphones vs ear buds) forcing one to recharge batteries etc is not even in the same ballpark as the loss of the floppy.
        sureaboutthis 8y ago
        You had to buy another device. You couldn't use your collection of data and programs stored on those floppies. Many questioned, "What's wrong with floppies?". And the collection of same questions being mentioned in this thread about earphones.
    - skinnymuch 8y ago
      That’s what people would’ve felt about floppys. I can say I don’t really care about the removal of headphone jack. But I’m not assuming most people feel that way.
- okonomiyaki3000 8y ago
  > when they released the first machine without a floppy I had already said good riddance to lame 1.5MB slower than christmas devices. Yeah, but you're probably a nerd. I was working in a university computer lab at the time and people were always bringing in their (usually infected or damaged) floppies so they could print out an assignment or whatever. I was very happy about the decision but it freaked a lot of people out.

dylan604 8y ago

How was Apple killing the floppy a slightly risky move? Granted, we have hindsight now, but when they released the first machine without a floppy I had already said good riddance to lame 1.5MB slower than christmas devices. The only thing I miss about floppies are the sounds they made. The heads cycling back and forth and the Mac eject sounds were so distinct. I also do not miss the ADB connections, nor do I miss SCSI. I also do not miss System 7,8,9. Some of the decisions Apple has "forced" upon us have not all been bad. Although, all of those decisions were made when they were a computer company. The forced decisions after have sucked. I'm looking directly at you TouchBar, butterfly keyboard, MacPro Trashcan, AMD GPU only, and loss of MagSafe.

dajohnson89 8y ago
Just curious, what's your opinion on their decision to remove the headphone jack?
- dylan604 8y ago
  That's one of the post Apple Computer decisions that bugs me. I'm a relic and like my headphones with wires attached. My wired cans have this unique feature of not needing to be recharged.
  - sureaboutthis 8y ago
    Now you know how everyone else felt when Apple killed the floppy.
    - dylan604 8y ago
      I don't follow your logic. When the floppy was killed, there were better replacements available. There were devices just as portable, larger capacity, and faster access. It just plugged into a different port, and came in a different form factor. Switching from wired to wireless giving up performance capabilities (ex: over ear headphones vs ear buds) forcing one to recharge batteries etc is not even in the same ballpark as the loss of the floppy.
      - sureaboutthis 8y ago
        You had to buy another device. You couldn't use your collection of data and programs stored on those floppies. Many questioned, "What's wrong with floppies?". And the collection of same questions being mentioned in this thread about earphones.
  - skinnymuch 8y ago
    That’s what people would’ve felt about floppys. I can say I don’t really care about the removal of headphone jack. But I’m not assuming most people feel that way.
okonomiyaki3000 8y ago
> when they released the first machine without a floppy I had already said good riddance to lame 1.5MB slower than christmas devices. Yeah, but you're probably a nerd. I was working in a university computer lab at the time and people were always bringing in their (usually infected or damaged) floppies so they could print out an assignment or whatever. I was very happy about the decision but it freaked a lot of people out.