Barziya Posted August 7, 2013 Share Posted August 7, 2013 It's a few years old and likely has an error margin but eh, take it as you will. I would also assume that as the younger generation gets older, the numbers will drop. If that statistic was true, that would mean that about 850 members of this forum are browsing here without Javascript. What is your point? Cut them off? Some people have very low patience for web pages that take forever to display, and that require tons of memory, not to mention crap like cross-site scripting, tracking, popups, and so forth. It has occured to some people that they can set up a system which is not so easy to infect, and which does not crash and burn four times a week. It's a revolutionary thought, I know, but computers can be used for things other than just reinstalling the os over and over again. Link to comment
jbartlett Posted August 7, 2013 Share Posted August 7, 2013 I had no point though I was surprised to see that the numbers were that high. Arguing this really doesn't have any point either. Link to comment
jumperalex Posted August 7, 2013 Share Posted August 7, 2013 That is what adblock and noscript are for; and works great in ff23 since it went beta not too long ago. Both of which are disabled for my Unraid IP So yes, I use my computer for more than just reloading the OS Sent from my Nexus 7 using Tapatalk 4 Link to comment
speeding_ant Posted August 7, 2013 Share Posted August 7, 2013 It's a revolutionary thought, I know, but computers can be used for things other than just reinstalling the os over and over again. Correct, that's why I use a Mac (hackintosh actually). If you have to reinstall your OS because you browse websites, your operating system is rubbish. Linux as a desktop OS is just as secure if you do things right... Link to comment
NAS Posted August 7, 2013 Share Posted August 7, 2013 OK this was fun for a while but for those of us who have to read all these posts lets get back OT. Feel free to fork to a less important forum. Link to comment
zoggy Posted August 7, 2013 Share Posted August 7, 2013 Tom, when there is an update can you create a new thread? Subscribbing to updates for this thread to read about e-peen debates is less than interesting. Link to comment
limetech Posted August 7, 2013 Author Share Posted August 7, 2013 Some good discussion in this thread but it's starting to degenerate so I'm going to freeze it here. Re: javascript-enabled webGui - well yes it is. Some minimal javascript has always been required for proper operation of certain parts of the webGui, for example, in adding a new user share, and there are other places. Do we absolutely need jquery and associated plugins? Probably not but to enhance the user experience and to implement certain current and future functionality, it will be necessary. Re: plugin manager. Yes it's a work in process - really a proof of concept. Yes I know about the security vulnerabilities, which is one reason I've held off making an "official" plugin manager. Is the wiki the best consolidation point for listing all community-written plugins? Maybe, maybe not. That particular page can be easily locked down so that only certain people can modify it. Ok, well lots more to talk about. Look for a couple more topics in the next few minutes. Link to comment
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