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by erlehmann_ 10y ago
It seems to me that nowadays Webkit/Blink has replaced IE for developers not caring about interoperability – with some even going so far as to claim „IE? but nobody uses that!“.
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by erlehmann_ 10y ago
Some of the web sites that only work with JavaScript manage to make even the fastest computer slow to a crawl while it spins up its fans. No matter how fast a computer, one badly written program can still manage to slow down or hinder other
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by erlehmann_ 10y ago
Just to be precise: If you need Javascript for something as simple as submitting a form, then there is also most likely something seriously wrong with how you program – unless you are using a HTTP method that is not GET or POST.
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by erlehmann_ 10y ago
The parent poster is most likely using a strategy to build web sites called “graceful degradation”, where one builds “fallback” code paths for specific scenarios. The result is something that you see on web sites that have a “desktop” (all
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by erlehmann_ 10y ago
A very easy way to ensure a website works even if not all your assumptions are met (e.g. CSS, JS, fonts are loaded properly) is called “progressive enhancement”: Build the system as good as you can without JS, then add JS on top for the thi
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by erlehmann_ 10y ago
> I'm talking about technical and design issues, like requiring every web site in the EU to pop up a stupid banner while you're trying to read something that blocks the content just to say, "Hey! We use cookies! Got it?&qu
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by erlehmann_ 10y ago
Do not delude yourself: The “good folks” in the industry do not do this.
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by erlehmann_ 10y ago
> I feel you... I do it in my app and I hate doing it, but it's a necessary evil. If we ever meet, I might ask you if you want to be hit in the face now or later. I hate doing it, but it's a necessary evil.
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by erlehmann_ 10y ago
Referring to my other comment, could you quantify your UX/UX assessment? https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=12829832
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by erlehmann_ 10y ago
Could you quantify how you judge UI? I actually found that the OS X UI to be consistently less featureful and more cumbersome to use than most GNU/Linux stuff. Maybe I have different expectations regarding operating system features? Ta
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by erlehmann_ 10y ago
As a Lightroom user, how do you think Darktable compares to it for amateur and semi-professional use cases? http://www.darktable.org/
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by erlehmann_ 10y ago
Why do people do this? Is it only for fun? I would think that any GNU/Linux system could provide similar or better tooling and most likely results in a less painful upgrade process.
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by erlehmann_ 10y ago
Why exactly are you using JavaScript here and not a simple HTML table or list?
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by erlehmann_ 10y ago
GNU coreutils contains pinky(1), a lightweight finger(1) replacement.
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by erlehmann_ 10y ago
Before I started my current job as a programmer, I made it clear that I do not want to work on unsolicited advertising, surveillance or weapons technologies – the common reason being that I value enthusiastic user consent. Being hired by a
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by erlehmann_ 10y ago
> I can try to dissuade my boss from putting in the 33rd analytics gizmo on our site, but they are remembering the sales pitch and all that lovely data. If I say no they'll ask someone else in the office, few more times I'll be
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by erlehmann_ 10y ago
For reference: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Philosophy_of_Ghost_in_the_She...
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by erlehmann_ 10y ago
How so? Please elaborate.
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by erlehmann_ 10y ago
Wouldn't the XMPP web client Kaiwa [1] be “Slack for everyone” ? I am using Slack at work and at least from the screenshots, it looks that Kaiwa is really similar. [1] http://getkaiwa.com/
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by erlehmann_ 10y ago
XMPP works so well on mobile connections that I have been using IRC over XMPP almost exclusively for quite some time using a transport that maps any IRC channel to an XMPP MUC (#maemo on freenode is “maemo%irc.freenode.net@irc.netlab.cz”) a
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by erlehmann_ 10y ago
You can host your own XMPP server today: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/XMPP
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by erlehmann_ 10y ago
> The Raspberry Pi boots from its GPU and only non-free software is currently available for the GPU, even starting the machine requires a large (2MB) blob of non-free, unsupportable software https://wiki.debian.org/Raspbe
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by erlehmann_ 10y ago
A model that works well for games can be summarized as “free code, proprietary assets”.
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by erlehmann_ 10y ago
When I fix something, I immediately send it upstream, did you do that? I just did it now after I fixed a bug, so that neither me nor anyone else has the problem in the future. Debian has a program called „reportbug“ which you invoke with th
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by erlehmann_ 10y ago
I think I have written about this some time back. Care to read it and find out if it is related to your assessment? http://blog.dieweltistgarnichtso.net/using-mac-os-x-as-a-sel... Changing the GUI has a function, btw. Just
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by erlehmann_ 10y ago
I do not understand, which cross-platform application are you referring to?
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by erlehmann_ 10y ago
I think the Nazis can serve as iconic villains mainly because a lot of their value system seems so alien compared to what we have in the western world today. Besides, many people like to believe they are the “good guys”.
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by erlehmann_ 10y ago
> We are in 2016. We should be past this by now. I have read arguments of the form “It is [the current year]. We should be past this by now.” a lot lately, but I do not understand how referring to time provides a useful starting point fo
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by erlehmann_ 10y ago
If you read “everything broken for non-expert users that can't compile their own kernel modules”, how long has it been since you used Linux? Your example is spot on. I once spent over an hour with a friend who wanted to test a multimed
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by erlehmann_ 10y ago
> Linux always has GUI bugs that never gets fixed. The Ubuntu dashboard randomly stops finding applications. The cursor disappears after suspend/resume. Both of those have had open bug reports for years. This is considered part of t

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