Re:We Need Chrome No More
by craftinator on Wednesday February 27, 2019 @04:40PM
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I surmise it is because HN attracts a higher percentage of critical thinkers than many other boards. A startling amount of JS on the web falls into the following categories:
1) Advertisement
2) Tracking
3) Useless animation
I don't care for any of those things. I generally prefer simple html pages that load <1 second, take very few resources, do not track any information about me, and don't use any mouse-reactive animations while I'm trying to get work done.
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It's more likely that most of the "critical thinkers" you speak of write JavaScript for money everyday. Even on HN the amount of JS blockers is tiny but it seems higher because they always have to mention they block JS.
So is "I block JS" the new "I don't own a TV"?
Re:We Need Chrome No More
by a1369209993 on Thursday February 28, 2019 @07:03PM
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FWIW, I also don't use a TV[0]; I just don't bring it up often because it's rarely relevant. I brought up javascript because javascript is usualy the reason why <any webbrowser that executes javascript> is slower than <any webbrowser that doesn't executes javascript>. See "do less stuff".
0: unless you count monitors as TVs, or disassembly-for-parts as use.
Re:We Need Chrome No More
by craftinator on Thursday February 28, 2019 @03:30PM
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I also don't own a TV. And as soon as I go vegan, I'll gain superpowers and ascend into the Mothership, where I can hang out with Tom Cruise and Ronny Hubbard!