Echo JS 0.11.0

This is pretty outdated article... I think I've seen it first time a couple of years ago. Not sure how much they have updated that article since that, but it doesn't give very trustworthy feeling when they don't even include the date it was written on.

JavaScript as a technology moves forward so fast and browser cryptography as well, so this kind of articles tend only to confuse people and cause tabloid-magazine type zero value shock effect, especially when you can clearly see that the whole point of that article is to try to sell what ever that company in question is offering as a service.

JavaScript cryptography, when used right for right purpose, works perfectly well. If your point is to provide bank-level security implemented fully on the browser side, so yea, that might be a stupid idea to begin with. But who doesn't know that already? It's the same issue as always, pick the right tool for the right job.

Yeah I am the same way. The problem is that we all have different opinions about what is a nice/cool/useful/amazeballs app, so it's better for everyone to follow simple guidelines rather than risk annoying people. :)

Sometimes I see people linking to their own blog about some REALLY old and trivial beginner JavaScript stuff, just to get visitors. I bet you can already find like a billion links on this site alone about JavaScript scopes or IIF's and whatnot. 

I'm not saying that people shouldn't write about those. Usually the case is that it's some new developer who has just learned that thing, and wants to share it with others. I just don't think they should be top page news.

I agree that just spamming/advertising your own app/service is not appropriate, unless the app/service in question has implemented something very significant in JavaScript, but even then the focus should be about that JavaScript feature, not the app/service itself.

I really hate it when I see people posting links like "Look at this awesome one-liner JavaScript I wrote that I'm using here on my app that has nothing to do with JavaScript, when I could have just created a Gist or a Github repo showcasing it."

Really nice article!

I really like what Steroids is doing for mobile. Sure there's loads of other options for creating cross platform mobile apps, but in my own experience, AppGyver is the only one who has managed to accomplish something that doesn't make you want to bang your head against the wall when trying to implement something out of the regular kitchen sink.

Also Steroids is compatible with a lot of PhoneGap/Cordova stuff, which makes it pretty easy to get into if you've ever tried doing anything with either of those.

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Some sad nerd who can't get a girlfriend maybe? :)

I've been losing karma lately as well without down- or upvoting. I checked my postings and comments too and they haven't been downvoted either.

I'm kinda curious about this as well. I haven't seen any dojo projects around for a long time.

Not trying to mock anyone using it, but I'm curious to know why anyone would select it as a framework nowadays?

Well one thing I noticed was that you put the overflow-x: hidden; into html element, when it's actually the body that scrolls. You might want to add the overflow style for the body element instead.

As to what's causing that whitespace, it has something to do with the scroller plugin you have there. I've encountered similar behavior in the past, but I haven't been able to pinpoint what's actually causing it. I always get away with it by adding the overflow hidden styles, though.

Nice article.

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However, does anyone else get annoyed about the frigging ads that are popping up everywhere on SitePoint? I had to teach my ad blocker manually to block those annoyances because they were downright disruptive and pissed the hell out of me.

My experience on the site:
*loading...*
*loaded*
OMG HERE'S AN AD FOR RACKSPACE!
*WHAM! popup opens covering EVERYTHING else*
HERE'S A BOOK THAT NOBODY WANTS BUT WE REALLY NEED TO SELL MORE OF IT SO PLEASE GIVE US YOUR EMAIL SO WE CAN SPAM YOU MORE THAN WE ALREADY DO!
*close popup*
HERE'S A REALLY ANNOYING FLASH AD FOR COMCAST BUSINESS THAT DOESN'T MATCH THE COLOR SCHEME OF THE SITE IN ANY WAYS, BECAUSE YOU KNOW, WE WANT YOU TO NOTICE IT!
*scroll*
HERE'S AN AD FOR THE COMPANY THAT HAS CAUSED MORE SECURITY ISSUES THAN ANY OTHER SOFTWARE EVER BUILD ON THE WHOLE FRIGGING INTERNET - ADOBE! CLICK CLICK CLICK!
*scroll*
*banner appears from top*
HERE'S ONE MORE SPAM AD FROM NEWRELIC JUST IN CASE YOU MISSED ALL THE OTHER ADS WE PLACED ALL OVER THE FRIGGING SITE!
*close the whole page*

I wonder if they realize themselves the fact that those ads just makes them seem like unprofessional sellouts.

They seem to have pretty good articles from time to time, but that kind of behavior just makes me want to not go there anymore..

Am I alone with this?
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