The real problem is jquery itself. People won't even bother learning regular javascript, so jquery is required for all the crap they write.
And then they can't even be bothered to write their own code using jquery either and they download pre-made code that requires jquery to run, ending up with pre-written code calling jquery calling javascript.
All that for a fucking mouse-over effect with pre-loading of images that should have been done with CSS and sprites in the first place.
It's not really Javascript's fault, it's all the damn know-nothing Web monkeys out there.
I'm checking the code of one website at the moment, and they're loading all that crap: mootools-core.js core.js caption.js jquery-1.6.1.min.js jquery.bxSlider.js jquery.js (yes, jquery AGAIN along with some checks to see if it's already loaded -WTF) script.js
There's also the following inline javascript functions: - something to add caption to images on page load (calls caption.js) - something to track page views
Why do they load all this crap? There's an image-changing mouse-over effect on the Facebook and Twitter icon, and a cross-fade of images on the home page. That's it.
It's no wonder people think Javascript is crap when it's being used by people who don't even understand the kind of overload they're putting on the browsers.
If you put your word processing document in Word, your spreadsheet in Excel, your presentation in Powerpoint, then the information in that document is hostage to Microsoft proprietary formats.
That's why I use a Mac and do all my documents in Pages, Numbers and Keynote.
What matters is: If I develop a mobile application; where will I have a big enough audience to justify it.
If you only go with that variable, you're in for a bad surprise.
What also matters is if the platform has cheapstakes (Android) or spenders (iOS). It doesn't matter if Android has 70% of the market if only 5% of the users buy apps vs iOS with 20% of the market but 40% of the users who buy apps.
Thanks for all the details, however my website is hosted on a shared plan, meaning I practically zero control over the server setup. Is it a lost cause to try adding HTTPS? The host is Funio.com, if that's any help.
I can get the security side of things, but how do you do that easily and with zero budget? What about a personal website? I can't afford an SSL certificate for that.
Is there any "SSL/HTTPS For Dummies With No Cash" manual somewhere, keeping in mind that most people with websites are code monkeys, not network administrators.
You may not have said 35 different consoles, but in regular conversation when someone says "35 consoles" it would be implied that there's no duplicate in there.
So you have 35 retro consoles. Alright then. How useful is it to have, say,fifteen Atari 2600 and twenty Intellivision consoles?
I think Ask Slashdot is a good way to get hundreds of second opinions about something you're asking yourself but are unsure because of some details you might have missed.
But using Ask Slashdot for someone else? Why not ask that someone else directly?
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Maybe you got modded down because people don't want to use a smaller phone.
Fourthed, if such a word exists.
Please, just leave it there.
The real problem is jquery itself. People won't even bother learning regular javascript, so jquery is required for all the crap they write.
And then they can't even be bothered to write their own code using jquery either and they download pre-made code that requires jquery to run, ending up with pre-written code calling jquery calling javascript.
All that for a fucking mouse-over effect with pre-loading of images that should have been done with CSS and sprites in the first place.
It's not really Javascript's fault, it's all the damn know-nothing Web monkeys out there.
I'm checking the code of one website at the moment, and they're loading all that crap:
mootools-core.js
core.js
caption.js
jquery-1.6.1.min.js
jquery.bxSlider.js
jquery.js (yes, jquery AGAIN along with some checks to see if it's already loaded -WTF)
script.js
There's also the following inline javascript functions:
- something to add caption to images on page load (calls caption.js)
- something to track page views
Why do they load all this crap? There's an image-changing mouse-over effect on the Facebook and Twitter icon, and a cross-fade of images on the home page. That's it.
It's no wonder people think Javascript is crap when it's being used by people who don't even understand the kind of overload they're putting on the browsers.
That's why I use a Mac and do all my documents in Pages, Numbers and Keynote.
I'm sure ebay.com and alibaba.com are in there somewhere.
There is not a single component from your first computer in the one you are using today.
If you only go with that variable, you're in for a bad surprise.
What also matters is if the platform has cheapstakes (Android) or spenders (iOS). It doesn't matter if Android has 70% of the market if only 5% of the users buy apps vs iOS with 20% of the market but 40% of the users who buy apps.
What do you mean? African or European crap?
Not sure if it's a video version of goat.cx or an attempt to Rick Roll.
Not being tagged like a criminal or an animal is a religious belief?
Nope, that's just the regular coverage of our crappy carriers.
Don't worry, all the phones will be ringing.
Signed, Jobe.
Thank you for the link.
You can chose to not have a cellphone. You can chose not to have a credit card.
But this RFID card is mandatory, which is the problem.
I'm sorry sir, I left my ID card in my pants while trying to dry them off in the microwave oven, I was in a hurry this morning.
Raspberry Pi: CSI
Thanks for all the details, however my website is hosted on a shared plan, meaning I practically zero control over the server setup. Is it a lost cause to try adding HTTPS? The host is Funio.com, if that's any help.
I can get the security side of things, but how do you do that easily and with zero budget? What about a personal website? I can't afford an SSL certificate for that.
Is there any "SSL/HTTPS For Dummies With No Cash" manual somewhere, keeping in mind that most people with websites are code monkeys, not network administrators.
You may not have said 35 different consoles, but in regular conversation when someone says "35 consoles" it would be implied that there's no duplicate in there.
So you have 35 retro consoles. Alright then. How useful is it to have, say,fifteen Atari 2600 and twenty Intellivision consoles?
By the way, I have 5000 Intellivision games.
Let's ask Japan, they have probably already done some work towards catgirls.
I think Ask Slashdot is a good way to get hundreds of second opinions about something you're asking yourself but are unsure because of some details you might have missed.
But using Ask Slashdot for someone else? Why not ask that someone else directly?
How the hell can you have 35 different consoles? Don't cheat, i.e. the SEGA 32X is not a console in itself.
Maybe he's using the spellchecker on that "really powerfull" machine.