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> Bulletin board system gains nothing from "single page application" style architecture, it is a collection of documents, stick with it. Saying Nothing is to b
by briantakita 12y ago
> Bulletin board system gains nothing from "single page application" style architecture, it is a collection of documents, stick with it.
Saying Nothing is to be gained is going a bit far. This is an interesting experiment, with some novelty, that will be iterated upon. I presume that the bugs will also be fixed.
- hpaavola 12y agoYes, I was a bit too harsh. My point is that discussion forum is almost completly just a collection of documents. Traditional web pages serve that structure really well.
- andybak 12y agoI agree although I can see value in a pjax style approach to get faster page reloads. As long as you preserve normal behaviour and url structure, this is usually a win-win. EDIT - just checked and it does a moderately good job without javascript: "Your browser does not seem to support JavaScript. As a result, your viewing experience will be diminished, and you have been placed in read-only mode." This is probably an acceptable compromise. Just to clarify - I'm not arguing that everything should work with js disabled - just that it's a good litmus test for whether a website is fairly robust with regard to normal HTTP behaviour.
- jonahx 12y agoDiscourse in general loads a lot faster than traditional bbs when you click links or try to view a specific post. So what's being gained is better user experience. I'm not sure I see the relevance of the underlying data structure... isn't email just a collection of documents too? Why is gmail a SPA?
- dubcanada 12y agoI don't know if I would call a fully working product with pricing details and everything an experiment.