Arbitrary abbreviations in phobos considered ridiculous

[Jonathan M Davis]

On Tuesday, March 13, 2012 00:27:26 Adam D. Ruppe wrote:
> On Monday, 12 March 2012 at 23:23:13 UTC, Nick Sabalausky wrote:
> > at the end of the day, you're still saying "fuck you" to
> > millions of people.
> 
> ...for little to no reason. It's not like making 99% of
> sites work without javascript takes *any* effort.
> 
> Indeed, going without javascript is often desirable
> anyway, since no JS sites are /much/ faster than script
> heavy sites.

But that's a decision based on your needs as a website developer. If JS best 
suits whatever the needs of a particular website developer are, then they are 
completely justified in using it, because 99% of the people out there have it 
enabled in their browsers.

The question of whether it's the best tool for the job and whether it's 
reasonable to use it based on your customer base are two separate issues 
(except insomuch as what would be the best tool for the job _isn't_, because 
it doesn't work with the majority of your customer base - which isn't 
javascript's issue at all).

- Jonathan M Davis