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Re:Google hits undo on limiting JavaScript capabilities in c... by ndkwj on Thursday August 05, 2021 @04:31AM (#28071224)
When they say they need to remove alert completely because it blocks the main thread you can see how disconnected from reality they are.
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Re:Google hits undo on limiting JavaScript capabilities in c... by GordonS on Thursday August 05, 2021 @06:41AM (#28071940)
That is... a rather odd argument. As a user, why would I care if the main thread is blocked while a modal alert is displayed? If anything, that's probably the expected behaviour!

An argument I could understand would be that `alert` etc look like system prompts, rather than something from the browser - but that's a browser concern that Chrome, Firefox, Edge, Safari etc could easily solve if they wanted.

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Re:Google hits undo on limiting JavaScript capabilities in c... by gregoriol on Thursday August 05, 2021 @05:20AM (#28071488)
This is indeed a very strange argument against alerts.
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