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Re:Why use www? by EugeneOZ on Sunday January 31, 2016 @04:40AM (#11005855)
> "Cookies are added to every web request, while you have to supply your localstorage values manually if you want to use them. "

And actually it's advantage of local storage, because of less amount of garbage traffic.

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Re:Why use www? by ben0x539 on Sunday January 31, 2016 @09:27AM (#11006479)
Making use of local storage requires javascript, which definitely adds to the amount of garbage traffic!
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Re:Why use www? by EugeneOZ on Sunday January 31, 2016 @10:29AM (#11006663)
I don't talk with people who are saying web in 2016 is possible without JS. They are either trolls or fanatics.
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Re:Why use www? by rimantas on Sunday January 31, 2016 @03:50PM (#11008002)
Or the still see the difference between documents on the web and the web applications. There is zero need for JS to be mandatory in the first case.
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Re:Why use www? by EugeneOZ on Sunday January 31, 2016 @04:02PM (#11008050)
And you want to say "documents" need to send cookies to control authorization?
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