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Re:What's Up With BBM's Android Reviews? by p4bl0 on Thursday October 24, 2013 @07:20AM (#6604555)
The linked page is entirely empty for me. It keeps being so when I reload.

Also, it's the first time that I see something on /r/funny that lands on the Hacker News front page a few hours later.

Re:What's Up With BBM's Android Reviews? by edent on Thursday October 24, 2013 @07:26AM (#6604570)
I'm the author. I've tried on FireFox, Chrome, Android, and it seems to work. Do you mind if I ask which browser you're using?

Also, if you'd followed me on Twitter, you would have seen this 19 hours ago ;-) https://twitter.com/edent/status/393050827570421760

Re:What's Up With BBM's Android Reviews? by Bulk70 on Thursday October 24, 2013 @07:33AM (#6604591)
It'll be because he has javascript disabled, I would imagine.
Re:What's Up With BBM's Android Reviews? by Amadou on Thursday October 24, 2013 @07:35AM (#6604601)
Blank for me too. View source shows the text.

I use NoScript and RequestPolicy. I'm thinking the page is another one of those that depends so much on javascript that it can't do anything without it. That's bad for the security of your readers because practically every known browser exploit in the last decade has had javascript as a necessary component - so over-use of javascript forces your users to choose between exposing themselves to increased risk or not reading your content.

Also, javascript performance on mobile is terrible, frequently 10x slower than desktop, so even if you don't care about the security of your users, the user experience of your websites is probably going to suffer on mobile.

Re:What's Up With BBM's Android Reviews? by edent on Thursday October 24, 2013 @07:42AM (#6604630)
That's a fair point. The site should run fine on low end mobile (tested on an ancient BlackBerry, ironically). I'll see if there's a way to stop reduce the amount of JavaScript and / or make CloudFlare work in a slightly more sensible manner.

Thanks for the info.

Re:What's Up With BBM's Android Reviews? by dfc on Thursday October 24, 2013 @08:25AM (#6604797)
Where is the irony? Or are we eschewing Oxford and Webster's definition and using Alanis Morrisette's?
Re:What's Up With BBM's Android Reviews? by edent on Thursday October 24, 2013 @08:33AM (#6604837)
I'm talking trash about BB while using BB for testing.

Granted, it's not the most scintillating use of irony - but it fits the British definition quite adequately.

Of course, the ironic thing about Alanis Morrisette's song is that it contains no irony. Which makes it paradoxically ironic.

Re:What's Up With BBM's Android Reviews? by dfc on Thursday October 24, 2013 @08:48AM (#6604900)
I never realized that the British definition of irony included acting in a manner contrary to one's stated preferences.

I have heard the "paradoxically ironic" bit from other people before and it never made any sense to me. A lack of irony is not the same thing as the opposite of irony. I have also never been able to understand the difference between "ironic" and "paradoxically ironic."

Re:What's Up With BBM's Android Reviews? by edent on Thursday October 24, 2013 @09:08AM (#6605005)
Re:What's Up With BBM's Android Reviews? by dfc on Thursday October 24, 2013 @09:17AM (#6605045)
We are discussing the Queen's English and you refer to a silly slideshow on Buzzfeed? I think we should pretend this discussion never happened.
Re:What's Up With BBM's Android Reviews? by dotmanish on Thursday October 24, 2013 @07:51AM (#6604655)
It's most likely a bug in that wordpress theme.

I have used the same theme in my personal blog, and I occasionally notice the main and posts page turning up blank when I myself visit it. Doesn't happen if I switch to another theme.

Re:What's Up With BBM's Android Reviews? by chalst on Thursday October 24, 2013 @07:33AM (#6604590)
Most of the page is loaded dynamically from cloudfront.net - if this is blocked (e.g., you have disabled js for them), you won't see much.
Re:What's Up With BBM's Android Reviews? by edent on Thursday October 24, 2013 @08:25AM (#6604800)
I've altered the CSS so that the page displays even if you don't have JavaScript. Thanks for the bug report. You may need to clear your cache etc to pick up the new stylesheet.