Re: [dev] Stuff listed on suckless.org/rocks

From: Florian Bruhin <me_AT_the-compiler.org>
Date: Wed, 4 Mar 2015 09:12:43 +0100

Hi,

* FRIGN <dev_AT_frign.de> [2015-03-04 08:57:22 +0100]:
> On Wed, 4 Mar 2015 06:10:25 +0100
> Florian Bruhin <me_AT_the-compiler.org> wrote:
>
> Hey Florian,
>
> > I recently added qutebrowser to the "rocks" page and it was
> > subsequently removed[1]. I accept that, though it raises a few
> > questions:
>
> I sincerely hope you don't have to go into psychiatric treatment
> resulting from the severe loss you encountered here.

Not at all - as said, I understand (though I don't *agree* :P) and
just wanted to clear up a few doubts.

> > Why are Firefox addons (Vimperator/VimFX) written in
> > Coffescript/Javascript considered suckless? Or if you want to go even
> > further: Why is there stuff in there using glib (in a non-GTK
> > context)? After all that's listed on the top of sucks.md ;)
>
> Why did we develop surf using webkit, which obviously sucks?
> It's all about compromises. You can't write addons for Firefox in sane
> languages, so let's pick the best from the ones written in a sucky
> interface language.
> Interfaces generally are an issue. If the interface is inherently non-
> suckless, it's all about choosing the least trade-off.

Thanks for the insight!

Florian

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