hyphenator.js vs dlang.org

[Brad Anderson]

On Tuesday, 23 July 2013 at 20:53:23 UTC, captaindet wrote:
> i get an error now on dlang.org:
>
> <dlang.org>
> Hyphenator.js says:
> An Error occurred:
> QUOTA_EXCEEDED_ERR
>
> since it re-appears for every sup-page i now have to disable JS 
> altogether for dlang.
>
> there must have been a change to the website during the last ~2 
> days, maybe as a follow-up on the 'working on the dlang.org 
> website' thread.
>

Yep, hyphenator was upgraded to 4.2.0 since then.

> i know, i know, if i enable localStorage in my browser, the 
> error message disappears. but it is switched off for a reason 
> and will stay off.
>
> point is, i don't understand why Hyphenator.js all of a sudden 
> wants to save data on my computer.
>

It uses it for caching the language files it bases hyphenation 
off of.

> most important, i thought the bottom line of the 'working on 
> the dlang.org website' thread was that everyone is sick of 
> Hyphenator.js and wants it to be taken out. please do so ASAP.
>
> /det

https://github.com/D-Programming-Language/dlang.org/pull/352

Needs to be reopened but the pull request to remove hyphenator is 
ready and waiting.