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Aaron Swartz did it first with http://jottit.com/ http://jottit.com/

by FraaJad 16y ago

mike-cardwell 16y ago
Jottit works without JavaScript and also has a HTTPS version: https://jottit.com/ https://jottit.com/ There is also a HTTPS-Everywhere ruleset for it in the current development branch. For those reasons alone, I would always choose jottit over tidypub...
- ido 16y ago
  Why is working without js an advantage? Do you often browse on browsers that do not possess a js interpreter?
  - _pra 16y ago
    I use No(t)Script to whitelist sites I trust. Noticing there was blocked JavaScript on a page of simple text would prejudice me against it.
  - falcolas 16y ago
    There is still a large number of mobile browsers whose javascript support is minimal or non-existant. Sure, the iPhone/Android market will be OK, but what about the Blackberry, Nokia and Motorola folks who still make up a majority of mobile browsers? Also, a good number of security conscious folks who run Firefox also run noscript. This means that they can't use the site without explicitly whitelisting the site's javascript, which reduces it's immediate usability.
  - mike-cardwell 16y ago
    Because I choose to disable it by default for security and privacy reasons. There is no good reason that this site should require javascript. Nothing it does is improved by the javascript requirement.
  - wazoox 16y ago
    Usability. I use a JS-capable browser, but many blind people don't, and they may be interested in this tool nonetheless.
  - deleted 16y ago
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    - ido 16y ago
      Not really, js is an open standard with many competing and free implementations. In fact I can't think of any reason how the two cases are in any way the same (I could see your point if we were talking about something like activex).
  - sielskr 16y ago
    Because using code plus data where just data can be used introduces security risks and limits what people can do with the document. I would have hoped that the industry would have learned that already from PostScript, PDF, COM and the Microsoft Office formats.

Aaron Swartz did it first with http://jottit.com/ http://jottit.com/

by FraaJad 16y ago

Aaron Swartz did it first with http://jottit.com/ http://jottit.com/

Jottit works without JavaScript and also has a HTTPS version: https://jottit.com/ https://jottit.com/ There is also a HTTPS-Everywhere ruleset for it in the current development branch. For those reasons alone, I would always choose jottit over tidypub...

ido 16y ago
Why is working without js an advantage? Do you often browse on browsers that do not possess a js interpreter?
- _pra 16y ago
  I use No(t)Script to whitelist sites I trust. Noticing there was blocked JavaScript on a page of simple text would prejudice me against it.
- falcolas 16y ago
  There is still a large number of mobile browsers whose javascript support is minimal or non-existant. Sure, the iPhone/Android market will be OK, but what about the Blackberry, Nokia and Motorola folks who still make up a majority of mobile browsers? Also, a good number of security conscious folks who run Firefox also run noscript. This means that they can't use the site without explicitly whitelisting the site's javascript, which reduces it's immediate usability.
- mike-cardwell 16y ago
  Because I choose to disable it by default for security and privacy reasons. There is no good reason that this site should require javascript. Nothing it does is improved by the javascript requirement.
- wazoox 16y ago
  Usability. I use a JS-capable browser, but many blind people don't, and they may be interested in this tool nonetheless.
- deleted 16y ago
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  - ido 16y ago
    Not really, js is an open standard with many competing and free implementations. In fact I can't think of any reason how the two cases are in any way the same (I could see your point if we were talking about something like activex).
- sielskr 16y ago
  Because using code plus data where just data can be used introduces security risks and limits what people can do with the document. I would have hoped that the industry would have learned that already from PostScript, PDF, COM and the Microsoft Office formats.