jasonthevillain

Bigger than both of those groups are the people who don't realize they use RSS but listen to podcasts.

Better yet, I'll only read people who take the opposite approach.

Or that native apps are better.

Their problems with javascript aren't the technologies, its the ways they're abused. That's not a web problem or a javascript problem. I just kicked Facebook Messenger off my phone because every time I opened it, it would demand access to my address book.

Mozilla Persona tried this. It was a good user experience, but it never gained enough traction and eventually they shut it down.

The weird part about this article/thread is that the product didn't suck. It did a thing, and it was as good as the groups in your area.

Not at all. I also go to all sorts of concerts that don't allow cameras. It's the "how" that rubs me the wrong way.

Your state park would indicate "no vehicles beyond this point" and I assume if anyone starting driving on the hiking trail they'd be asked to follow the rules or leave.

That's different than insisting you hand over your keys in order to enter the park. That wouldn't feel quite right, would it?

I was about to buy Jack White tickets today and... I think I'll pass.

Don't get me wrong. I've seen several shows, including Jack White, that politely ask the audience to keep their phones away for part or all of the show. That's fine with me and it basically works.

But as much as I'd like to see Jack White again, I really don't enjoy being treated like a child.

I suspect he's consistently this awesome because he doesn't post that often, and can actually put time and effort into things.

I've learned the hard way to check Babel's output for sanity.

Sometimes its fine.

Other times it's madness or pulls in a massive polyfill. That's sort of inherent to making a transpiler: they need to match the spec. I usually just need one specific behavior that could be written in a 3 line helper function.