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Delivering local library books to your doorstep

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Re: Delivering local library books to your doorstep

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Post by netizen-9748 »

Nothing displays with JavaScript disabled. Nothing on the landing page needed JavaScript, it was all text. The mechanism that actually did load the text broke my method of web dark mode. I gave up and left because it was a pain in the ass.

I do have one question though, does the service cost money for deliveries?

Re: Delivering local library books to your doorstep

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netizen-9748 wrote: post #3

Nothing displays with JavaScript disabled. Nothing on the landing page needed JavaScript, it was all text. The mechanism that actually did load the text broke my method of web dark mode. I gave up and left because it was a pain in the ass. I do have one question though, does the service cost money for deliveries?

Thanks for making the attempt. It works fine without JavaScript disabled. Is there a reason you have disabled it?

Yes, it does cost money to delivery your books. However, your library books are free of cost (taxpayer funds).

Re: Delivering local library books to your doorstep

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Post by netizen-9748 »

Lurebees wrote: post #4
netizen-9748 wrote: post #3

Nothing displays with JavaScript disabled. Nothing on the landing page needed JavaScript, it was all text. The mechanism that actually did load the text broke my method of web dark mode. I gave up and left because it was a pain in the ass. I do have one question though, does the service cost money for deliveries?

Thanks for making the attempt. It works fine without JavaScript disabled. Is there a reason you have disabled it? Yes, it does cost money to delivery your books. However, your library books are free of cost (taxpayer funds).

I'm aware it works fine without js disabled, but my question is why I need to load some js libraries to display a wall of text and a button. Most websites still display text and allow you to read without having js enabled, I keep it disabled by default to block tracking and fingerprinting.

Re: Delivering local library books to your doorstep

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Post by Lurebees »

netizen-9748 wrote: post #5
Lurebees wrote: post #4

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Thanks for making the attempt. It works fine without JavaScript disabled. Is there a reason you have disabled it? Yes, it does cost money to delivery your books. However, your library books are free of cost (taxpayer funds).

I'm aware it works fine without js disabled, but my question is why I need to load some js libraries to display a wall of text and a button. Most websites still display text and allow you to read without having js enabled, I keep it disabled by default to block tracking and fingerprinting.

Make sense. Thank you for the feedback.

Re: Delivering local library books to your doorstep

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Post by _Microft »

How does delivery work? Is it by car or by bike? At fixed times or on demand?

Since the pandemic started here, the local library has partnered with bicycle couriers for delivery of books. They even worked out a way to be subsidized by the city to make delivery more affordable for the customers. This is in Germany though, and our denser cities seem to be more suited to bike couriers than sprawling American cities might be.

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