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Requires javascript. Yells at me that I need to enable javascript if I go there. Doesn't explain why I might want to enable javascript, or hint at what their do

by cstross 14y ago

Requires javascript. Yells at me that I need to enable javascript if I go there. Doesn't explain why I might want to enable javascript, or hint at what their doubtless valuable javascript-mediated experience might be, or even show me an ad or a press release. Does try to load javascript libraries from other domains, so that even if I create an exception for so.cl I get the same error message. Is this really a constructive way to build custom in this day and age?

Aloisius 14y ago
Is this really a constructive way to build custom in this day and age? No offense, but is browsing without javascript enabled really a way to use the internet in this day and age?
- craigvn 14y ago
  Only paranoid geeks browse without Javascript.
  - will_work4tears 14y ago
    Only paranoid geeks refuse to enable Javascript when prompted. ;) For awhile there I'd surf with JS off, but enable them when I get to a site I want to see. Now though, every site seems to have JS as a requirement so I don't even bother. It was becoming a hassle.
- cstross 14y ago
  Reasons I might be browsing without javascript: 1. I am a paranoid geek. (But in this age in which JS is powerful enough to implement a SIP stack or a virtual 486 processor, is it truly paranoid to want control over potentially hostile code running in ones browser?) 2. I'm blind or severely visually disabled and need a screen text-to-speech reader. Funnily enough, JS-mediated sites truly suck for the visually disabled. Do you want your site to be in breach of disabilities discrimination laws? 3. I don't like ads. 4. I run a low power machine (a multi-years-old laptop) and find multimegabyte javascript apps bog it down and cause it to blow hot air across my knees. 5. "It's new, therefore it's good" is specious (and frequently false) logic. TL:DR; HN is over-populated by people who confuse complexity with quality.
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by cstross 14y ago

Aloisius 14y ago

Is this really a constructive way to build custom in this day and age? No offense, but is browsing without javascript enabled really a way to use the internet in this day and age?

craigvn 14y ago
Only paranoid geeks browse without Javascript.
- will_work4tears 14y ago
  Only paranoid geeks refuse to enable Javascript when prompted. ;) For awhile there I'd surf with JS off, but enable them when I get to a site I want to see. Now though, every site seems to have JS as a requirement so I don't even bother. It was becoming a hassle.
cstross 14y ago
Reasons I might be browsing without javascript: 1. I am a paranoid geek. (But in this age in which JS is powerful enough to implement a SIP stack or a virtual 486 processor, is it truly paranoid to want control over potentially hostile code running in ones browser?) 2. I'm blind or severely visually disabled and need a screen text-to-speech reader. Funnily enough, JS-mediated sites truly suck for the visually disabled. Do you want your site to be in breach of disabilities discrimination laws? 3. I don't like ads. 4. I run a low power machine (a multi-years-old laptop) and find multimegabyte javascript apps bog it down and cause it to blow hot air across my knees. 5. "It's new, therefore it's good" is specious (and frequently false) logic. TL:DR; HN is over-populated by people who confuse complexity with quality.

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