Readit Newstard commented on Ask HN: What's the best tool you used to use that doesn't exist anymore? · Posted by u/mod50ack
Web pages without javascript. Even now I try to use the web without it as much as I can. So smooth and nice everything is.
+1
i tried turning off scripts a while back
i could refresh any page and it would near-instantly return me to the same scroll position without jumping around as scripts load
i didn't have to feel so cautious about sites abusing my browser to show me popups, subscription forms or ads
it felt really empowering for some reason
tard commented on Geolocation API removed from unsecured origins in Chrome 50 developers.google.com/web... · Posted by u/laacz
Getting more sites to use Let's Encrypt, or Cloudflare, or to buy a certificate is the intended benefit of the change. Google is gradually restricting these APIs to encrypted origins in order to encourage sites to use encryption, not because they don't want the APIs used.
> or Cloudflare
https://www.cloudflare.com/ssl/#cloudflare-ssl-options
cloudflare's "flexible ssl" option encrypts the connection between their datacenter and the user, but not the one between the datacenter and the actual web server
i guess it's better than nothing if your host doesn't support ssl but the false sense of security could be harmful
tard commented on Real-life JavaScript Generators medium.com/developers-wri... · Posted by u/vincent_s
i think the generator-to-async-function hack is kind of ugly and not a good example of "real-life javascript generators" at all
what are they going to do when they run out of letters in the alphabet?
[1] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=11726766