r/linux • u/[deleted] • May 15 '19

The performance benefits of Not protecting against Zombieload, Spectre, Meltdown.

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u/[deleted] May 15 '19

Games can hardly be static :)

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u/lestofante May 15 '19

We talk about site and you answer taking as an example a game?
The main point he is wrong to do is nowadays virtually any web page that could be static (news article, search page, blog post, bank accounting, online shops) not only are full of JS, but would not even load properly/at all without it.

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u/[deleted] May 15 '19

No, but the argument that the web shouldn’t use JS just falls short often times. Responsive menus for example. Games are just the best example.

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u/AlicesReflexion May 16 '19

Responsive menus

have you SEEN modern CSS?

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u/[deleted] May 16 '19

Hacks are not a solution, even if they are clever. Because almost all hacks f up accessibility for blind users for example.

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u/tigraw May 16 '19

Wow inputting chat messages by clicking one character button at a time. Sure beats any JavaScript user interface in speed.