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posted by NCommander on Thursday June 04 2015, @10:00AM   Printer-friendly
from the lets-do-this-right dept.
So as the post-upgrade dust settles, one of the big things still left on our usability TODO list is implementing inline reply and moderation for the site. A quick survey of our developers is that no one here really is super experienced in writing JavaScript code, so I'm putting a call for help to find someone to help implement and write this. For anyone getting interested in SN development, this appears to be a straightforward task. Here's the official requirements for the feature.
  • A user should be able to post and moderate comments without a seperate page load
  • If JavaScript is disabled for whatever reason, the site must degrade to the current click-to-post functionality. We don't want to force people to enable JS if they don't wish to. Dynamically rewriting the DOM to change links may be necessary, but this can be discussed
  • The rehash API must be extended to add this functionality; this should be relatively easy and straight forward; we have parts of the original AJAX code so this functionality may already be in place.
  • Contact me, or paulej72 on IRC, or post a comment below if you're interested in helping.

 
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  • (Score: 1, Insightful) by Anonymous Coward on Thursday June 04 2015, @01:24PM

    by Anonymous Coward on Thursday June 04 2015, @01:24PM (#192049)

    Uh, no, stop breaking your potential to satisfy javascript disabled users. If you want to know what you can do standard?

    NOTHING

    Javascript is really the monkey grease these days. Honestly I'd like to see one site that doesn't function like shit to appease the lowest common denominator.

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  • (Score: 3, Informative) by mtrycz on Thursday June 04 2015, @01:42PM

    by mtrycz (60) on Thursday June 04 2015, @01:42PM (#192057)

    It's right there in TFS: current functionality will be left unmodified for people who don't want JS, but those who do want it will be able to use it.

    I'd like it, and feel that this whole thread is filled with people that are too eager to open their mouth and a little too little eager to read.

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    • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Thursday June 04 2015, @01:50PM

      by Anonymous Coward on Thursday June 04 2015, @01:50PM (#192059)

      I read the article, but it becomes too complex without javascript.

      I posted a comment below yours that has the code needed to go ahead and do what's necessary.

      Trust me, I'm a web developer!

      https://darrencaldwellwebdesign.ca [darrencaldwellwebdesign.ca] :D

      • (Score: 2) by mrcoolbp on Thursday June 04 2015, @03:19PM

        by mrcoolbp (68) <mrcoolbp@soylentnews.org> on Thursday June 04 2015, @03:19PM (#192102) Homepage

        You are mis-understanding. The current functionality will remain completely un-changed for those with javascript disabled. I.e. we will use JS for the inline commenting, and for those with it disabled functionality will revert back to exactly what we have now.

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      • (Score: 2) by janrinok on Thursday June 04 2015, @03:32PM

        by janrinok (52) Subscriber Badge on Thursday June 04 2015, @03:32PM (#192114) Journal
        And I get a certificate warning when I click on your link - so I won't be opening that either.
        • (Score: 2) by bryan on Thursday June 04 2015, @04:26PM

          by bryan (29) <bryan@pipedot.org> on Thursday June 04 2015, @04:26PM (#192143) Homepage Journal

          You get a certificate warning on SN's own dev site: https://dev.soylentnews.org/ [soylentnews.org]

          • (Score: 2) by mrcoolbp on Thursday June 04 2015, @04:52PM

            by mrcoolbp (68) <mrcoolbp@soylentnews.org> on Thursday June 04 2015, @04:52PM (#192156) Homepage

            True, but we trust ourselves = )

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          • (Score: 2) by janrinok on Thursday June 04 2015, @06:04PM

            by janrinok (52) Subscriber Badge on Thursday June 04 2015, @06:04PM (#192200) Journal
            Yes I did, but I also talk to the people running the site and know why. And now I don't get the warning because I can trust the key that I have. But that doesn't mean I'm going to log on to every other site that displays a warning.
            • (Score: 3, Interesting) by TheRaven on Friday June 05 2015, @06:45AM

              by TheRaven (270) on Friday June 05 2015, @06:45AM (#192391) Journal
              Is there a reason why it's using an unsigned (not even self-signed) cert? StartSSL provides free signing with a fairly small amount of effort...
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      • (Score: 2) by aristarchus on Thursday June 04 2015, @05:48PM

        by aristarchus (2645) on Thursday June 04 2015, @05:48PM (#192191) Journal

        Trust me, I'm a web developer!

        Mandatory "Princess Bride" response: "No good, I've known too many Web Developers!"