Re:Every Mastodon User Has an RSS Feed
by kstrauser on Saturday June 24, 2023 @04:07PM
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Modern web browsers are JavaScript engines that also render stuff. I understood the resistance to running JavaScript 20 years ago, but today, I rank that up there with buying a cell phone but refusing to run 3rd-party apps. The web is JavaScript now.
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I have JavaScript disabled by default and enable it on my bookmarks and when necessary on random new websites I visit.
I have no problem turning on JS for a web app. I understand Google Maps just couldn't really work how it's expected to without JS. Same for web email clients, or games, or office suits.
But if your "app" is just a progressively-enhanced list of posts (e.g., a blog), there is no justification for forced JS usage. Sorry Mastodon.
Running JS is a privilege for those with the computing power (or battery capacity) to spare, and turns the browser into the biggest risk vector on whatever machine that browser is installed on.
Or requiring it just to render images. Actually seen some sites that work that way. And these were simple company pages or personal portfolio sites, so no reason why the images could not be static(ally served).