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>So long as you don't run their JavaScript on your machine Do you have much of a choice? I think a lot of GitHub features do not work properly without JavaScri

>So long as you don't run their JavaScript on your machine Do you have much of a choice? I think a lot of GitHub features do not work properly without JavaScript. For instance, just trying it now: - Can't mark notifications as done - Can't edit the title or description of an issue or PR - Can't dismiss banners or most modals/popups - Can't commit files directly on the web interface - Can't edit an issue or PR metadata (i.e. labels) - Can't edit most, maybe almost all, repo settings At-least it's not a blank page. If I see websites like that these days, I just close the tab. Thankfully, you can pretty much use GitHub in "read-only" mode without JavaScript, but working on it is probably quite hard without running their non-free code. It would probably be better if they'd use Sourcehut or maybe GitLab.

GoblinSlayer 6y ago
- Can't mark notifications as done - Can't dismiss banners or most modals/popups These worked for me without javascript. Didn't try after redesign yet. IME gitlab doesn't work without javascript (the developer swears he can't be arsed to support noscript).
- ancarda 6y ago
  GitLab is free software though, so you won't be running non-free JavaScript. It having poor noscript support is a shame though.
  - ThrowawayR2 6y ago
    GitLab is only partially free; it's open core only. https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=17229940 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=17229940
jwilk 6y ago
> - Can't mark notifications as done What kind of notifications? > - Can't edit the title or description of an issue or PR You can if you disable CSS. (Admittedly that's not very convenient…) > - Can't dismiss banners or most modals/popups Any examples? This has (almost?) always worked for me.
- ancarda 6y ago
  Hmm, I went to get you an example and I found they seem to dismiss if you click elsewhere on the page. I think I was clicking on the close button (the "x" in the title bar) - which won't work without JavaScript.

GoblinSlayer 6y ago

- Can't mark notifications as done - Can't dismiss banners or most modals/popups These worked for me without javascript. Didn't try after redesign yet. IME gitlab doesn't work without javascript (the developer swears he can't be arsed to support noscript).

ancarda 6y ago
GitLab is free software though, so you won't be running non-free JavaScript. It having poor noscript support is a shame though.
- ThrowawayR2 6y ago
  GitLab is only partially free; it's open core only. https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=17229940 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=17229940

jwilk 6y ago

> - Can't mark notifications as done What kind of notifications? > - Can't edit the title or description of an issue or PR You can if you disable CSS. (Admittedly that's not very convenient…) > - Can't dismiss banners or most modals/popups Any examples? This has (almost?) always worked for me.

ancarda 6y ago
Hmm, I went to get you an example and I found they seem to dismiss if you click elsewhere on the page. I think I was clicking on the close button (the "x" in the title bar) - which won't work without JavaScript.