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by nither 2736 days ago
It crashed after my first try to enter a website. Seems it needs a few more years to be used.
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upofadown 2736 days ago
Sent from NetSurf on OpenBSD. Seems to work well on this platform, or at least as well as something that does not support javascript can...
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dictum 2736 days ago
> at least as well as something that does not support javascript can

Not related to Netsurf (which I learned about yesterday while reading about Duktape — a HN coincidence), but recently I went back to using Firefox with JS off as default (using uBlock Origin in advanced user mode) and it's... surprisingly OK? I remember having more trouble in the past.

- Less websites are breaking. Maybe I now have better browsing habits and a better instinct for when a website needs special treatment?

- Enabling JS for an specific website feels easier than doing in same in pre-WebExtensions API NoScript ever felt.

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Sylos 2736 days ago
I think one part of it is that HTML(5) and CSS have become much more powerful.

In the past, if you wanted fancy animations or even just moving parts on your webpage, you needed to script that.

Heck, you needed to embed Flash for any video or the like.

Nowadays, even responsive webpages are no problem with just HTML+CSS.

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cestith 2736 days ago
This response is from Chrome on Android, but I've been using NetSurf for many years on Linux and I've never had a crash so far as I remember.
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