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[–] GreenMario@lemm.ee 33 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Oh he's THAT guy?!

Fuck that guy. He basically is the reason popups was so damn widespread.

[–] TopRamenBinLaden@sh.itjust.works 10 points 1 year ago (3 children)

JavaScript is also the whole reason that the web is interactive. Without JavaScript the web would be mostly just static pages without any client side dynamic behavior.

Brendan Eich is a tool, but JavaScript is a useful tool, at least.

[–] Holzkohlen@feddit.de 11 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I think I'd prefer a mostly static web. Guess I should finally check out ublock origins medium mode or whatever its called.

[–] library_napper@monyet.cc 9 points 1 year ago

Forms are interactive and dont require me to run your shitty code and execute it on my computer.

Keep that shit running on your server. I dont need another vector for malicious code to run on my machine

[–] sheogorath@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago

If there's no JavaScript, there will be another language developed to fill that void. We don't know whether it'll be better or not. But with TypeScript, working with JavaScript has been quite painless for me.

[–] Bitrot@lemmy.sdf.org 9 points 1 year ago (2 children)

JavaScript?

Like, we use JavaScript everywhere.

[–] library_napper@monyet.cc 7 points 1 year ago

I'm viewing this comment without JavaScript.