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Last time I measured, on a largely firefox userbase, adBlock was used by about 6%. Not enough really to bother about. I'd expect the number who use NoScript to be 1-2% if that. Not…

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That's why you would use it where available, instead of targeting. if (browser.supportsWebSocket) useWebSocket(); else useComet();

Sure. I was more meaning that they may not be easy to monetize once they click through to your website.

If you care about IE6 these days, and aren't selling to corporate users forced to use it, then you're doing something wrong. Also, you can just enable it when it's available, and f…

The bidding seems like a complete lottery. What may work well one day, may completely fail the next. You could be throwing money away. It's a sort of interesting idea, but complete…

Also they all run adblock etc.

Does the WebSocket spec allow for gzip/deflating streams as well? I can't see anywhere if it does or not.

How is my above comment defending it? :/ I actually extremely rarely use any js libs. I'd rather just do it myself. And no I'm nothing to do with the project.

There's some pretty sluggish websites out there due to poor use of js libs. Browse them on a phone or netbook and it all adds up. You'd certainly manipulate hundreds of DOM element…

>> "The jQuery example, from the beginning, was creating DOM elements from HTML strings, while RightJS was wrapping the document.createElement API. This is not the same thing and y…

To see if it performs better for their particular use case? You know, choosing something based on how well it fits the problem?

It depends on your use case. I don't think you should be against something just because you have a solution you assume is the best it can be.

Write your own specific tests if you suspect bias. I doubt there is any real bias though, js libs have different aims. Some aim to have complete browser support at the expense of s…

It depends what your writing, and your target market. Most people using webapps/modern websites are doing so with good recent browsers.

So if everyone is to have access to 'firehose', why did ms+goog pay for it? :/

What is wrong with you HN? "Getting out of hand" relates to the rate of change. Not a single data point.

This may be a niche problem, but I found an interesting bug in chrome yesterday. http://code.google.com/p/chromium/issues/detail?id=7357 Basically, if you do a redirect (30x) then …

Cool, but you can't say "it's getting out of hand" from a single data point.

What startup mentality. Where? When did it start getting out of hand? Some data needed there me thinks.

It's not the same. Beer has an effect on your liver, your general health, wallet etc. Sure, everything in moderation, but if you enjoy something, do it. If you suddenly realize tha…

I don't know anyone who is 'addicted'. I know people who put in 14 hour days because they genuinely just enjoy it. I'm one of them. You always have to try and get a good balance be…

I don't quite understand why this recent trend has started, but things are showing up on HN that were on Reddit a few days ago. 3 days ago in this case. http://www.reddit.com/r/tec…

I would have thought though that 160 years when studying climate, is absolutely nothing.