I had just started an exploration push with “Deno”:{https://deno.land/} and “JSI/jsish”:{https://jsish.org/} ... but despite being interesting (as interesting as #JavaScript gets, IMO, but with seemingly less of the security nightmare that is Node.js and the NPM package repository), I think it is better to pause it along with the other learning projects.
It is irritating that so many #socnets think they have to be entirely depending on #JavaScript. Mastodon and #Pleroma both require #JabbaShit before they display anything or have even basic functionality.
@mangeurdenuage There are also some sites that try to prevent copy-pasting passwords. I think PayPal does this when people are changing passwords. It's evil, but if users have #JavaScript / #JabbaShit activated, sites can do things like this.
I do agree that users need to be willing to think and to learn something when using computing devices. Trying not to have to think, not to learn something is a direct highway to having someone else do all your thinking and make all your decisions and choices for you.
I also think developers and companies like to change the UI and the way users interact with software far too often. No, you don't need to follow this year's appearance fad like you followed the fads of the year for the past 2-3 years. Leave things alone for a few years.
"Your browser is not Javascript enable or you have turn it off. We recommend you to activate for better security reason"
Oh, yes. Turning on #JavaScript / #JabbaShit is going to improve my security as you plunder my browser history and upload my files and photos to your server. I will turn it on right away.
I just visited http://diveintomark.org/ just to see whether Mr. Pilgrim decided to come back one more time. Instead, I see one of those "this site works better with JS enabled" messages. Being me, I CTRL+U and view source. Yep, just as expected. Adsense.js ... I didn't read farther, so I don't know whether this is one of those squatters.
Had to restart #Palemoon because it was getting slow. Too much #JavaScript / #JabbaShit bloating up its memory and CPU consumption. I'd really like it if most sites went on a JS diet and cut out most of the unwanted and unnecessary scripts.
After a reboot, I went back in. The next link opened a tab full of #JavaScript. The #JabbaShit, predictably, sucked up all the RAM and froze the machine again.
Then I thought, I won't use the browser at all. Opened an IDE, which immediately started downloading updates and again froze the machine.
I think #sonTwo had the same sort of issues with a different model (but similar specs) IdeaPad. He had to replace it with something that has better specs.
@musicman @geniusmusing That’s mostly #Node.js, which is a somewhat outdated fork of Chrome’s V8 engine. Considering that the browser is the least secure part of modern computers, and the #JavaScript engine is a key part of that insecurity, it is up to each person to decide whether to accept the risk.
Personally, I’m willing to accept Node, but only in a completely separate VM or VPS from other server-side software. Which explains why I never have hosted a Pump.io instance.
In general, using #JavaScript this way is despicable enough that I'm in favor of visiting them regularly (with JS turned off) to repeatedly demonstrate its ineffectiveness.