▲ 536 ▼ Announcing the Ladybird Browser Initiative (ladybird.org) submitted 2 years ago by Diabolo96@lemmy.dbzer0.com to c/technology@lemmy.world 244 comments fedilink hide all child comments
[–] sugartits@lemmy.world 35 points 2 years ago (5 children) JavaScript was a mistake. And it went downhill from there. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 5 child comments replies: [–] TimeSquirrel@kbin.melroy.org 30 points 2 years ago* (2 children) It was fine when it was contained to an actual web site instead of infecting desktop software too. To me, using JS for that purpose feels like using PHP to write a 3D video game. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] AbidanYre@lemmy.world 22 points 2 years ago (1 child) using PHP to write a 3D video game. Somewhere, someone just had a really bad idea. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] chiisana@lemmy.chiisana.net 16 points 2 years ago It’s a general language (though primarily adopted by web as backend engine), so you can basically expect people already have had this idea. permalink fedilink source parent [–] schizo@forum.uncomfortable.business 30 points 2 years ago (1 child) Eh, scriptable content was probably fine. Techbros going 'holy shit, we should make EVERYTHING a website!' was the curse that doomed us. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] pentagrammar@programming.dev 29 points 2 years ago Pushing for bloated web apps instead of having optimized and perfectly functional websites was what killed it for me. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] TimeSquirrel@kbin.melroy.org 30 points 2 years ago* (2 children) It was fine when it was contained to an actual web site instead of infecting desktop software too. To me, using JS for that purpose feels like using PHP to write a 3D video game. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] AbidanYre@lemmy.world 22 points 2 years ago (1 child) using PHP to write a 3D video game. Somewhere, someone just had a really bad idea. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] chiisana@lemmy.chiisana.net 16 points 2 years ago It’s a general language (though primarily adopted by web as backend engine), so you can basically expect people already have had this idea. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] AbidanYre@lemmy.world 22 points 2 years ago (1 child) using PHP to write a 3D video game. Somewhere, someone just had a really bad idea. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] chiisana@lemmy.chiisana.net 16 points 2 years ago It’s a general language (though primarily adopted by web as backend engine), so you can basically expect people already have had this idea. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] chiisana@lemmy.chiisana.net 16 points 2 years ago It’s a general language (though primarily adopted by web as backend engine), so you can basically expect people already have had this idea. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] schizo@forum.uncomfortable.business 30 points 2 years ago (1 child) Eh, scriptable content was probably fine. Techbros going 'holy shit, we should make EVERYTHING a website!' was the curse that doomed us. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] pentagrammar@programming.dev 29 points 2 years ago Pushing for bloated web apps instead of having optimized and perfectly functional websites was what killed it for me. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] pentagrammar@programming.dev 29 points 2 years ago Pushing for bloated web apps instead of having optimized and perfectly functional websites was what killed it for me. permalink fedilink source parent