Quoting Bill Cole <mailmanu-20150...@billmail.scconsult.com>:
On 6 Apr 2015, at 20:02, Andrew Stuart wrote:
Sounds like not working with JavaScript is something important to
you. What’s the thinking behind wanting to work without
JavaScript? Isn’t it kinda hard to navigate the modern web without
JavaScript?
I don't know the original poster's motivations, but for me it is
entirely practical. I work in a diverse variety of environments
administering a complex menagerie of systems and Mailman is just one
small piece of that. I frequently don't have a convenient modern GUI
browser configured to my tastes/paranoias running on a network I
trust, and it is actually more convenient for me to use a text
browser with weak or no JS support (yes, really.) It is also an
issue for user support, since users do work with the MM web
interface from time to time. JS is an area where interop between
browsers and the diverse ways users tweak them is at its worst.
Supporting users who have found new ways for the MM web interface to
not work because of JS subtleties sounds like at least the 6th ring
of Hell. Also, sticking with a pure HTML client interface makes it
easier to validate its security, e.g. a site with no scripts has no
XSS vulnerabilities. MM isn't the sort of web application that one
spends hours at a time using, so the slicker operation you can get
from a JS-heavy system isn't really very valuable.
Short version: a tool like the MM web interface should minimize the
possible failure modes even if that means sacrificing some fluidity
of use.
+1
D
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