02:48:44 <Sompi> many javascript libraries that used to work with SeaMonkey have stopped working when a new version of the library has been released
02:48:55 <Sompi> no new features, just rewrites that break things
02:49:15 <Sompi> and of course they also make everything more bloated with each new version
02:50:31 <Sompi> now even Iltalehti does not work with Seamonkey anymore... the articles don't load, it just shows a loading animation and throws the console full of errors
02:57:30 <tomman> Modern JavaScript development should be considered a war crime as per the Vienna Convention
03:09:05 <Sompi> about two years ago that site worked with lynx
03:10:32 <Sompi> tomman: the problem is incompetence, many web developers today are genuinely unaware about the fact that every element has a static HTML tag that can be used instead of JavaScript
03:10:46 <Sompi> and they probably don't even know about other browsers than Chrome, Edge and maybe Firefox
03:11:17 <Sompi> They work in the IT field without actually knowing anything about computers. They understand some basic programming logic but that's about all
03:11:20 <tomman> hope that when Google gets forced to divest Chrome, a 10-year moratorium is placed on JS feature dev
03:11:46 <tomman> no new features allowed, only bugfixes and removal of useless "standards"
03:11:53 <Sompi> And they don't believe when someone tries to educate them about these things, they just become angry
03:12:09 <tomman> ha, the "move fast and break everything" SV mindset
03:15:23 <Sompi> they just keep insisting that no, everything MUST be made with JavaScript, there is no other way and static HTML tags are old and deprecated and not supported by browsers and server softwares anymore
03:16:01 <Sompi> no amount of evidence will change their minds