Hi, a couple thoughts here. First, thanks to timothy for reaching out like this - it's the result of the #fuckbeta protest, so good job to everybody. But if we have a better avenue for communicating our concerns then we can tone down the protesting I think. At least maybe not destroy the comment threads any more.
My biggest concern for the beta is it seems to destroy the tools needed for a robust commenting and conversation, including notification of new posts, easy ways to quote prior posts, easy way to lin
Since there's some constructive comments here, I'd like to add my own:
NO JAVASCRIPT!!!
Sorry for shouting, but I have old PCs at home that choke on javascript. I'd rather not resort to viewing/. through noscript if I can avoid it because I understand ad revenues are import to funding/.
At least have a light version for alternative browser like lynx as many users don't have access to graphical browsers where they work.
Good lord! Are you still running Netscape Navigator on a 386? It's 2014, you can get a full featured browser on a wrist watch. There are MANY reasons to hate the beta but using Javascript is not one of them.
Its an Athlon from 2006, running Ubuntu 12.04 LTS with 5 firefox windows--each with ~20 tabs, a dozen chrome windows also with ~20 tabs each, usually something open in wine, a few terminal windows, and who knows what the hell else. I don't tend to close windows, and thus javascript, java, and firefox tend to give me issues. Chrome tends to fail a little more gracefully.
I'd love it if Slashdot felt functional in lynx. I would love to read it through ssh at work on my windows laptop.
No, the problem is that browsers let them do that in the first place. Webpages are supposed to be PASSIVE and doubly so in the background. Except for UI trouble and memory (which we btw have LOTS of these days) 34000 tabs should be just as big a problem as 3 tabs.
You're running ~340 web browser tabs and you think it's the web sites that are the problem?
There are always multiple solutions to a problem, and preferences vary from person to person. You are referring to the simplest solution (close other tabs), but sometimes there are priorities which complicate solving - perhaps other tabs have higher priority for the user and Slashdot tab is on a side.
One way to make your old car run better is to look up the price of a new model.
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Cue the flood of flame . . .
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Hi, a couple thoughts here. First, thanks to timothy for reaching out like this - it's the result of the #fuckbeta protest, so good job to everybody. But if we have a better avenue for communicating our concerns then we can tone down the protesting I think. At least maybe not destroy the comment threads any more.
My biggest concern for the beta is it seems to destroy the tools needed for a robust commenting and conversation, including notification of new posts, easy ways to quote prior posts, easy way to lin
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Since there's some constructive comments here, I'd like to add my own:
NO JAVASCRIPT!!!
Sorry for shouting, but I have old PCs at home that choke on javascript. I'd rather not resort to viewing /. through noscript if I can avoid it because I understand ad revenues are import to funding /.
At least have a light version for alternative browser like lynx as many users don't have access to graphical browsers where they work.
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Good lord! Are you still running Netscape Navigator on a 386? It's 2014, you can get a full featured browser on a wrist watch. There are MANY reasons to hate the beta but using Javascript is not one of them.
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Its an Athlon from 2006, running Ubuntu 12.04 LTS with 5 firefox windows--each with ~20 tabs, a dozen chrome windows also with ~20 tabs each, usually something open in wine, a few terminal windows, and who knows what the hell else. I don't tend to close windows, and thus javascript, java, and firefox tend to give me issues. Chrome tends to fail a little more gracefully.
I'd love it if Slashdot felt functional in lynx. I would love to read it through ssh at work on my windows laptop.
Re:Why? (Score:2)
You're running ~340 web browser tabs and you think it's the web sites that are the problem?
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No, the problem is that browsers let them do that in the first place. Webpages are supposed to be PASSIVE and doubly so in the background. Except for UI trouble and memory (which we btw have LOTS of these days) 34000 tabs should be just as big a problem as 3 tabs.
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You're running ~340 web browser tabs and you think it's the web sites that are the problem?
There are always multiple solutions to a problem, and preferences vary from person to person. You are referring to the simplest solution (close other tabs), but sometimes there are priorities which complicate solving - perhaps other tabs have higher priority for the user and Slashdot tab is on a side.