Re^2: super slow

You created your account in 2016, so this post surprises me a little. Like any on-line community, it does take time to get used to what's 'normal' and 'usual'. People here have nicks -- some of those are nicks that they've used elsewhere, and some not. Some of them are real names, some of them are made up. Any use who comments without logging in defaults to Anonymous Monk.

The beauty of Perlmonks is that it's a basic website. It has resisted the ensh*ttification that happened to other websites, so it still looks like something from the late 90s or early 00s. And that's perfect -- we don't care so much about the visual impact of website; the information is the point here. And if you want a different look, you can upload your own CSS that the website will use. We also run lean, so allowing an image for each post would require too many resources. Finally, users can display their work experience and availability on their bio, or not.

This is not Facebook or LinkedIn. This is a technical community for people who want to share questions, issues, announcements, and answers about Perl.

Alex / talexb / Toronto

Thanks PJ. We owe you so much. Groklaw -- RIP -- 2003 to 2013.

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Re^3: super slow by cavac (Prior) on Sep 03, 2024 at 14:48 UTC
The beauty of Perlmonks is that it's a basic website. It has resisted the enshttification that happened to other websites, so it still looks like something from the late 90s or early 00s.* I generally agree. It's a relatively clean visual design, no cat pictures and you can usually find what you need quickly (unless SuperSearch times out.... again). But the pre-Dotcom-bubble codebase also has its downsides. chatterbot exists mainly because it's less painful to generate stats and the ability to "scroll back in the current chat" externally than within the site itself. And there is pretty much no problem, none, with the monastery codebase for which you could quickly google a solution or pull an upstream patch. Not to mention that JavaScript support would make sense in a lot of places. Input validation, visual editor, autosave-to-scratchpath while working on long posts, better chatterbox, etc. But it's still one of my favourite sites on the internet. PerlMonks XP is useless? Not anymore: XPD - Do more with your PerlMonks XP Also check out my sisters artwork and my weekly webcomics	[reply]
Re^4: super slow by talexb (Chancellor) on Sep 03, 2024 at 20:21 UTC
Not to mention that JavaScript support would make sense in a lot of places. Input validation, visual editor, autosave-to-scratchpath while working on long posts, better chatterbox, etc. I think the problem is the "We'll just add Javascript for this one feature .." slippery slope. Then we also have to build in the ability to gracefully degrade the behavior when the browser using the website doesn't or can't do Javascript. And then the pm-dev folks have to know enough Javascript to maintain that code, as well as the Perl that runs the site. Alex / talexb / Toronto Thanks PJ. We owe you so much. Groklaw -- RIP -- 2003 to 2013.	[reply]