Re:Greasemonkey script: sort the Hacker News homepage
by sielskr on Wednesday August 12, 2009 @09:43PM
(#759788)
Linking to a .js file and asking/expecting us to install without reviewing the source is optimistic at best. . . .
And WTF hasn't anyone said this in the past 3 hrs already?
You were too hasty with the WTF.
Unless he or she is extremely sleep-deprived or something, any programmer can figure out how to review the source code in the .js file before installing.
Re:Greasemonkey script: sort the Hacker News homepage
by dionidium on Wednesday August 12, 2009 @08:46PM
(#759710)
I don't expect you to do anything. It's free if you want it and just as easy to ignore. Enjoy! (Or not.)
Re:Greasemonkey script: sort the Hacker News homepage
by ScottWhigham on Thursday August 13, 2009 @06:07AM
(#760424)
I really am amazed at the fact that no one has a problem with a link to a .js file. I'm not a security nut and this bothers me. The fact that it doesn't bother anyone else just shows that incredibly smart people like the folks at HN are not immune to apathy or hubris (I'm not sure which) when it comes to computer security.
And the excuse that, "We all already know how to view the source" is so lazy that I don't know what to say lol. I can't think of another site in which someone posting a javascript link would (a) be allowed, and (b) not be instantly jumped all over. There's a reason for that...
And WTF hasn't anyone said this in the past 3 hrs already?