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plorntus · 2020-07-02 00:35:43+00:00

You can also set it in JS still a meta tag and image I guess though. It's how some sites do the notification badge thing that is animated.

comboy | karma 5631 | avg karma 3.54 · | 2016-12-11 17:33:09+00:00

Right, but you need to execute some JS to set them up, and the example only shows img tag.

cynicalsecurity | karma 326 | avg karma 0.71 · | 2023-08-29 02:51:57

It's on JavaScript.

AdamTReineke | karma 1326 | avg karma 3.41 · | 2014-11-19 21:14:41+00:00

There's a decent amount of JavaScript in there to enable it.

gbog | karma 3461 | avg karma 1.88 · | 2013-02-04 18:03:23

So instead of a very simple and straightforward html tag you propose a full js module and animations and so on?

And all this just to remove an important cue from the sight of your users?

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LukeB_UK | karma 4975 | avg karma 9.1 · | 2014-11-24 08:38:56+00:00

So the site has to allow script tags for this to work? If that's the case, then you could simply put the code in the script tag and not have to mess around inserting it into a gif.

mixmastamyk | karma 12554 | avg karma 1.22 · | 2022-10-18 16:37:15

It’s a few lines of standard JavaScript. Nice touch used by many sites, not difficult.

Derbasti | karma 3621 | avg karma 3.03 · | 2014-06-20 21:14:42+00:00

There is Javascript...

Saurabhjain507 | karma 1 | avg karma 0.5 · | 2020-05-26 05:14:43+00:00

This is brilliant. How do you use this though? I am not from JS background. A video tutorial on how to use this on my own website would be great.

icedchai | karma 8478 | avg karma 1.53 · | 2020-02-11 03:50:36+00:00

This was done in the 90's. You simply refresh the page periodically. You can use the HTML "meta refresh" tag, no JS required.

jrochkind1 | karma 26717 | avg karma 3.67 · | 2022-01-03 13:21:56

Also 4) ability to see the text results of your request.

No way for JS to do that with an IMG tag, I don't think.

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hunter2_ | karma 3092 | avg karma 1.86 · | 2022-06-01 00:37:41

Assuming that works, I don't see the need for Javascript when a meta refresh achieves the same with just HTML.

niutech | karma 1269 | avg karma 1.26 · | 2023-09-15 08:58:00

Yes, but it's JS, it isn't vanilla HTML.

wtbob | karma 6614 | avg karma 3.13 · | 2016-06-06 12:18:34+00:00

Really neat idea. I'm sad that the site requires JavaScript, but I don't know how this would work otherwise.

pmontra | karma 15472 | avg karma 2.26 · | 2016-09-10 23:05:50+00:00

There is no need for JS on a site like this. The ajax upvote is convenient but they could (unconveniently) reload the whole page and set the location with an anchor to go back to the upvoted comment, 1994 style. Any real time notification system requires a backend infrastructure that maybe they don't want to have.

They could also use a better CSS but who cares, text is king in this kind of sites. It displays quite well on mobile too, especially with Opera which reflows text after zoom (the very reason for using Opera).

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www_harka_com | karma 85 | avg karma 2.66 · | 2021-09-09 02:08:57

I might be wrong, but I think he meant that JS runs, a new http request is made, when you hover over the logo. (Which is close to the back button, so it seems like JS is running, when you hover over the back button.)

jakeogh | karma 1780 | avg karma 0.83 · | 2018-03-23 19:33:22+00:00

I cant tell because it requires JS to even render the text.

_random_ | karma 1112 | avg karma 1.0 · | 2014-04-22 19:17:52+00:00

It uses JavaScript.

conradludgate | karma 1079 | avg karma 2.55 · | 2020-08-12 17:16:04+00:00

Personally I think this solution is simpler and easier to implement than using js. This isn't really an abuse. This seems exactly what these tags were intended for

pspeter3 | karma 2497 | avg karma 3.83 · | 2017-03-06 12:17:07

This is awesome! I think I missed it but is there a link to the JavaScript in the article?