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But nooo, I also want to send raw Ethernet and IEEE 802.11 frames from the browser! /s There's always a baby that will cry for more. People have been begging f
by numlock86 4y ago
But nooo, I also want to send raw Ethernet and IEEE 802.11 frames from the browser! /s
There's always a baby that will cry for more. People have been begging for raw socket access and other "I just can't get my head around this"-shortcuts since they wrote their first "Hello World!", TODO-list or guestbook API. There isn't really anything you couldn't solve with the things there are now in every browser. What would UDP bring to the table other than more work to deal with it in that regard? This is nothing about innovation or technical limitations. This is just another case of "B- b- but I want it my way because that's how I always did it! :(".
- adamrezich 4y agowhat is the impetus for your over-the-top characterization?
- numlock86 4y agoAh, the "wave off as strawman"-argument. HN's favorite meme. (I guess that's why you edited it out?) Any real counter arguments, though? Even the article fails to make a point other than "UDP can be as secure as HTTPS!" which no one really ever argued about other than the article writer itself to make a synthetic point about it.
- adamrezich 4y agoI edited out the word "strawman" almost immediately after posting since I (correctly) realized it could become a fixation point in your response that you would use to dodge the question.
- numlock86 4y agoFunny you mention dodging questions. I mean you could have just given one instead of posting that and even having to edit it afterwards.