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Comment by Gigachad

5 years ago

On most modern apps, this is pretty much just what is on the screen right now + a little on the top and bottom. The elements get removed/reused once they scroll off the page for performance.

I only see this as an issue if the site does not reimplement find so that it is able to deal with this.

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Robotbeat  5 years ago

Why can’t we just use normal forum software from the 2000s, but with security patches?

  • Gigachad  5 years ago

    Because no amount of security patches can fix 00s forum software designed without modern security in mind. And the average user _likes_ Discourse. They don't give two shits that Ctrl + F is hijacked because it does exactly what they want. It finds the text. They don't want excuses like "Oh well it doesn't find that text because you didn't scroll down to load it". They don't want to click through 100 pages of thread.

    • Robotbeat  5 years ago

      I use that forum every day, and it hasn’t had any major security problems for the 15 years or so it has been used. I’m not seeing what you’re talking about.

    • int_19h  5 years ago

      Does the average user likes Discourse? My anecdotal experience hosting a Discourse forum for non-techies is certainly not indicative of that.

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