I emailed IANA (Internet Assigned Numbers Authority) earlier today to ask about the new content on example.com. To my surprise, their VP replied. Here is the email: I am happy to try and answer any questions you have. The changes we make to the site from time-to-time are usually informed by a desire to either reduce the overall bandwidth demands of serving the site, or improve its utility. At its heart it is a placeholder...
Very much appreciated coming to Lobsters and becoming inspired to re-engage with some of my fav shit about computing. A nice reminder of why I keep coming to this site.
This is a really nicely written post of one of the things that bothers me. When I was trying to show the grammar mistake to a friend I kept having to refresh the page so that the English would show.
TIL what “Pause, Stop, Hide” bugs are. Thank you! It almost feels like there should be a place for the user agent to provide controls for all (most) animations, as the browser is uniquely placed to see and modify all of them. - Easier to detect and classify for bugs implemented in CSS than JavaScript though, as not every (regular) timer is necessarily leading to a “Pause, Stop, Hide” bug.
I appreciate that they want to show the information in multiple languages, but it could have been done in a more accessible way without breaking standard browser features. Like, just render the texts one after the other in regular <p> elements.
I also appreciate the multi-language nature of the new page. At the same time, it seems utterly naive from them if they think this would fix their issue of getting too much (automated) traffic.
Saw this post on here about 30 minutes ago and the blog post below came bursting out of me. Haven’t written anything about this topic in months,
The new example.com is a great example of a Pause, Stop, Hide bug
Very much appreciated coming to Lobsters and becoming inspired to re-engage with some of my fav shit about computing. A nice reminder of why I keep coming to this site.
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Hey, your blog seems to be down.
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This is a really nicely written post of one of the things that bothers me. When I was trying to show the grammar mistake to a friend I kept having to refresh the page so that the English would show.
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TIL what “Pause, Stop, Hide” bugs are. Thank you! It almost feels like there should be a place for the user agent to provide controls for all (most) animations, as the browser is uniquely placed to see and modify all of them. - Easier to detect and classify for bugs implemented in CSS than JavaScript though, as not every (regular) timer is necessarily leading to a “Pause, Stop, Hide” bug.
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nostalgic for when you could stop animation by pressing Esc
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Additionally, it seems I cannot select the text at all. Looking at the DOM, it’s no longer a mystery why that happens…
I appreciate that they want to show the information in multiple languages, but it could have been done in a more accessible way without breaking standard browser features. Like, just render the texts one after the other in regular
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I also appreciate the multi-language nature of the new page. At the same time, it seems utterly naive from them if they think this would fix their issue of getting too much (automated) traffic.
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