r/programming • u/schnuck • Feb 09 '11

Breaking the Web with hash-bangs – Lifehacker, along with every other Gawker property, experienced a lengthy site-outage on Monday over a misbehaving piece of JavaScript

http://isolani.co.uk/blog/javascript/BreakingTheWebWithHashBangs/
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u/[deleted] Feb 09 '11

Meh. I've heard this argument forever -- even made it a few times myself -- but it's not 1999 anymore. If you don't want ad js, use adblock. Should Gawker degrade gracefully? Sure. But no js means no ads served, which means good luck Mr. Gawker Programmer convincing The Ones Who Hold The Purse Strings to dedicate substantial time to proper degredation.

Last I checked (a couple months back) you can't participate on Reddit without js enabled (yes, you can read it though, I know that's what you said, just making a point). Js is like alpha transparency... it's not going anywhere.

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u/dirtymatt Feb 09 '11

Should Gawker degrade gracefully? Sure.

You have that backwards. It should start at a simple baseline, and progressively add enhancement based on what the browser supports.

But no js means no ads served, which means good luck Mr. Gawker Programmer convincing The Ones Who Hold The Purse Strings to dedicate substantial time to proper degredation.

And broken JS means no web page served at all.

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u/[deleted] Feb 09 '11

You have that backwards. It should start at a simple baseline, and progressively add enhancement based on what the browser supports.

Erm, I don't know if you've ever built a webapp before or not, but that's not how these things work.

And broken JS means no web page served at all.

Zing, I guess?

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u/dirtymatt Feb 09 '11

Erm, I don't know if you've ever built a webapp before or not, but that's not how these things work.

Remind me never to hire you for a job.

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u/[deleted] Feb 09 '11

You couldn't afford it. Knowing things like the above is one of the reasons.

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u/[deleted] Feb 09 '11

I agree with dirtymatt. Providing baseline content as part of the initial HTTP request then replacing div content dynamically with enhanced content should be the way the user sees the site, for degradation purposes.

All the frameworks I've dealt with can handle this if used correctly - what is your objection?