"Also, can we please stop using the word "modern" in everything?"
I am using a text-based browser and so I do not use the upvote/downvote javascript. Consider this comment an upvote.
The increasingly pervasive attachment of the word "modern" to software descriptions in recent years is confounding. I thought maybe it was annoying only me but apparently not.
Sometimes I have thought it could be a manifestation of cognitive dissonance arising from the realization that in software, in most cases, "there is nothing new under the sun".
Honestly I do not understand where it comes from or what it means. Is it some sort of marketing buzzword?
> I am using a text-based browser and so I do not use the upvote/downvote javascript. Consider this comment an upvote.
I haven't tried, but looking at this page source it looks to me that vote arrows are divs wrapped in anchors pointing to up- and down vote URLs. They should definitely be usable without JS; maybe the problem is that the empty divs are not visible in your text browser?
Can't speak for software but in the case of these specs, 'Modern' in the title pokes fun at the fact that the core protocol specifications most people refer to are around 25 and 18 years old, respectively. RFC 1459, very commonly referred to and still the first reference for a lot of IRC software authors, came out before I had my first birthday!
I am using a text-based browser and so I do not use the upvote/downvote javascript. Consider this comment an upvote.
The increasingly pervasive attachment of the word "modern" to software descriptions in recent years is confounding. I thought maybe it was annoying only me but apparently not.
Sometimes I have thought it could be a manifestation of cognitive dissonance arising from the realization that in software, in most cases, "there is nothing new under the sun".
Honestly I do not understand where it comes from or what it means. Is it some sort of marketing buzzword?