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> Long gone in the past1 are websites that purely displayed static, seldom changing content to visitors. Today, almost all user interfaces are web applications

> Long gone in the past1 are websites that purely displayed static, seldom changing content to visitors. Today, almost all user interfaces are web applications instead of websites. Most of the websites I visit are static and when they are not their dynamic content is annoying. Look at new vs old reddit for a good example. Most websites would be better off being statically rendered.

onion2k 4y ago
These things aren't mutually exclusive. Most websites are static, but most people's time is spent on dynamic websites.
iLoveOncall 4y ago
Dynamic in the sense dynamic VS static doesn't mean what you think it means. Being able to collapse a comment thread, or upvote a comment, or post a reply, without reloading the page, means the website is dynamic. Static only means that nothing changes without a page reload, which is thankfully long gone. Also, the new and old reddit are exactly the same in terms of "staticity". It's just that the new design sucks. Similarly I'm sure you'd qualify Facebook of being an evil dynamic website. But open Facebook and HackerNews side by side, the content on the former won't update dynamically more often than the latter.
- archerx 4y ago
  > Being able to collapse a comment thread, or upvote a comment, or post a reply, without reloading the page, means the website is dynamic. Static only means that nothing changes without a page reload, which is thankfully long gone. No! That is interactive! Dynamic means hot loading content without refreshing the page. I’ve been doing web dev since web 1.0 so again, no.
  - waboremo 4y ago
    Both of you are correct, the list of things is mixed. Interactivity = collapsing a thread Dynamic = posting a reply and it being sent and displayed without reloading the page FWIW, I don't believe Reddit does the latter.
    - iLoveOncall 4y ago
      You're right. I'm not sure if Reddit does it for messages but they do for votes for example. HN too.

onion2k 4y ago

These things aren't mutually exclusive. Most websites are static, but most people's time is spent on dynamic websites.

iLoveOncall 4y ago

Dynamic in the sense dynamic VS static doesn't mean what you think it means. Being able to collapse a comment thread, or upvote a comment, or post a reply, without reloading the page, means the website is dynamic. Static only means that nothing changes without a page reload, which is thankfully long gone. Also, the new and old reddit are exactly the same in terms of "staticity". It's just that the new design sucks. Similarly I'm sure you'd qualify Facebook of being an evil dynamic website. But open Facebook and HackerNews side by side, the content on the former won't update dynamically more often than the latter.

archerx 4y ago
> Being able to collapse a comment thread, or upvote a comment, or post a reply, without reloading the page, means the website is dynamic. Static only means that nothing changes without a page reload, which is thankfully long gone. No! That is interactive! Dynamic means hot loading content without refreshing the page. I’ve been doing web dev since web 1.0 so again, no.
- waboremo 4y ago
  Both of you are correct, the list of things is mixed. Interactivity = collapsing a thread Dynamic = posting a reply and it being sent and displayed without reloading the page FWIW, I don't believe Reddit does the latter.
  - iLoveOncall 4y ago
    You're right. I'm not sure if Reddit does it for messages but they do for votes for example. HN too.