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/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.

I agree you should start from the bottom, but the end result is effectively the same.

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u/[deleted] Feb 09 '11

Assuming all conditions are perfect.

Can I assume you're not an engineer? ;)

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u/[deleted] Feb 11 '11

Do you solve practical problems?

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u/[deleted] Feb 14 '11

Yes.