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Okay, I use NoScript. It's a hassle, but it's an eye opener, so I keep using it. Here, I needed yet again to enable JavaScript to read what ought to be a static
by loup-vaillant 6y ago
Okay, I use NoScript. It's a hassle, but it's an eye opener, so I keep using it. Here, I needed yet again to enable JavaScript to read what ought to be a static, text heavy article.
Nothing new so far. What's interesting however is that instead of the article, I didn't get the usual blank page. Instead, I could read the following quote:
> "Appropriate technology" was a movement beginning in the late 1960s that aimed to shift the emphasis from mass technology to smaller-scale, affordable technologies, informed and targeted to local needs and customs. Many of its ideas are as relevant today. So is one of its major shortcomings: why would we rely on technology to mitigate the harm technology does?
Turns out I got redirected to https://reallifemag.com/appropriate-measures/ https://reallifemag.com/appropriate-measures/
How ironic. When trying to disable a technology that's quite useless as displaying text (and more often than not is more about tracking me than serving me), I got a lecture on appropriate technology. And a fairly good one at that, which should probably be reflected on by proponents of crypto currencies.
- unnouinceput 6y agoI have NoScript too. I, too, had nothing on the screen but instead of enabling the JS for the site I switched to reader mode and boom! the static text heavy article was before my eyes. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
- loup-vaillant 6y agoGo figure. Personally I'm able to reproduce the issue: with JavaScript on, no problem. Disable it, I'm not redirected yet, but I see the appropriate measure quote. Re-enable it, and I'm redirected to the appropriate measure article. I still argue that JavaScript is no an appropriate technology to display static text (at least not if we care about screen readers).