◆ [Date updated: 2024/05/20(Mon) 15:54:32]
　■it's kind of messed up how this is like the one site I can use in a non
　│JS browser
　│at least, the one interactive website, everything else that works is
　│static pages
　│
　│I'm posting from Links in the terminal. I used to be able to actually
　│use Links as a "real" browser across the internet 15 years ago. Hell,
　│when I was on a cruise a while back, using Links was basically required
　│since the at-sea internet connection just couldn't handle anything more
　│than pure text lol
　│
　└■JS can be handy; it's used for a number of things on the main site, but
　　│everything can work fine without it. Sites shouldn't require JS to work,
　　│it should be an extra like on Heyuri ヽ(´ー｀)ノ
　　│15 years ago was 2009, still too late for terminal browsers to be useful
　　│
　　└■a ton of stuff didn't need JS to merely load at all in 2009, since AJAX 
　　　│page loading hadn't taken over the world yet (I'd say it was a lost 
　　　│cause by 2014)
　　　│quite a few sites would be broken to an extent, but you'd still be able 
　　　│to browse and interact with them
　　　│it wouldn't be a daily drive browser, but it would work
　　　│
　　　└■There was an era where many sites were entirely contained within Flash (;^Д^)
　　　　│
　　　　└■I don't miss that one bit. (´￢`)
　　　　　│I miss Flash for a fair few reasons (the web animation scene completely 
　　　　　│changed after it died out as a commonly used tool, same with web games), 
　　　　　│but all-Flash sites were a pain-in-the-ass.
　　　　　│
　　　　　│You couldn't bookmark parts of it, you couldn't hit the back button, you 
　　　　　│couldn't save shit from it, you had to wait for the (often slow) 
　　　　　│animations, and in the mid-00s I still had dialup so I'd have to wait 
　　　　　│ages for the site to load (by 09, I definitely had DSL).
　　　　　│
　　　　　└■I remember I wanted to show a friend the Gorillaz website (phase 1 era), 
　　　　　　│but his internet sucked so hard that we went off to do something else 
　　　　　　│while it loaded... only for it to still be loading when we returned liek 
　　　　　　│30 mins later. Eventually we gave up (´∇`)
　　　　　　│
　　　　　　└■Back in those days, I'd load a bunch of pages at once, go eat or watch 
　　　　　　　　TV, then come back to see which ones loaded. My family had a second 
　　　　　　　　phone line for Internet (it was supposed to be just a second line, but 
　　　　　　　　it ended up being dominated by Internet use), so I could leave it just 
　　　　　　　　running like that.
　　　　　　　　
　　　　　　　　if something still hadn't loaded, usually by the time you were done with 
　　　　　　　　one of the other pages, it would have