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1999.io: Blogging like it's 1999

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Re: 1999.io: Blogging like it's 1999

#31

If I have to enable javascript to view parts of your website at all, then it isn't anything like 1999.

> If I have to enable javascript to view parts of your website at all, then it isn't anything like 1999.

JS is older than that, and early uses of it were notorious for not having graceful fallbacks, so, no, I think that description is not at all unlike 1999.

Re: 1999.io: Blogging like it's 1999

#33
post #7

> We use Twitter for identity, so creating a connection to Twitter is part of the setup process. That must be as far from "blogging like it's 1999" one will ever get. :-/

Beats asking for a password over HTTP and storing it as plaintext, at least.

Implying Twitter won't just hand it over to governments.

Re: 1999.io: Blogging like it's 1999

#34

For this to be 1999-era journaling , it would need: - To be written in Perl - To support .php, .pl, & .cgi in the user's /cgi-bin/ - To host about 10000 accounts per physical machine - To use FTP, or a CGI form, for remote file management - To use HTML 4.01/XHTML - What's CSS? - What's Twitter? - Features: A user profile/bio! User comments! Subscriptions! Communities! - Up to 10 megabytes of FREE storage - Free add-o…

  - A visit counter with configurable styles.

Re: 1999.io: Blogging like it's 1999

#39
post #33
post #7

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Beats asking for a password over HTTP and storing it as plaintext, at least.

Implying Twitter won't just hand it over to governments.

"Governments" aren't anywhere near the complete scope of risk you bring on yourself by storing passwords badly.
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