Path: csiph.com!usenet.pasdenom.info!aioe.org!.POSTED!not-for-mail From: "javax.swing.JSnarker" Newsgroups: comp.lang.java.programmer Subject: Re: Article: Why you can't dump Java (even though you want to) Date: Sat, 12 May 2012 01:30:08 -0400 Organization: media lab? Lines: 23 Message-ID: References: <4fa9c272$0$294$14726298@news.sunsite.dk> <4fac5b32$0$288$14726298@news.sunsite.dk> NNTP-Posting-Host: nr+Uh7PidS9bvsHY4jAnIg.user.speranza.aioe.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Complaints-To: abuse@aioe.org User-Agent: NewsTap/3.5.5 (iPhone/iPod Touch) X-Notice: Filtered by postfilter v. 0.8.2 Xref: csiph.com comp.lang.java.programmer:14483 On 11/05/2012 12:41 PM, Gene Wirchenko wrote: > wrote: >> Personally, if someone expects me to spend my time on their website >> they better provide a compelling reason for me to want to do so, and >> gratuitous dependence on JS just puts me off. In general I consider it >> a good early indicator of a terrible web designer: "You need JS to >> click this link", right so this guy taught himself web design in his >> own dreams. > > Exactly. Except that the JS-to-click design might also be due to > a gratuitous complexity bug (in the coder). I'm convinced that in most cases it's deliberate: punish users who disable JS and force them to turn it on so they can be harassed with annoying animated JS-reliant ads and crap. Of course, Adblock Plus + enable JS and the user still gets the last laugh. -- public final class JSnarker extends JComponent A JSnarker is an NNTP-aware component that asynchronously provides snarky output when the Ego.needsPuncturing() event is fired in cljp.