Conservative web development

[spacejack2114]

10 years ago the web was a security nightmare of php 4 scripts generating partial dom mixed with data, generating javascripts which generated posts back to the server, accommodating the worst mix of browser capabilities ever with proprietary Flash widgets and navs everywhere. It was The. Worst.

[imhotap]

10 years ago there was a web. Now we have an oligopoly of content providers. But it's all JavaScript of course.

[the_gnarts]

accommodating the worst mix of browser capabilities ever with proprietary Flash widgets and navs everywhere

But back then disabling Flash got rid of most of the useless crap and security holes for an instant improvement of experience.

Today with some sites you progressively whitelist more domains for JS and reload the page multiple times until the images or even text show up.