Can you propose an alternative? I'm considering converting my blog to a static site with Octopress/Jekyll and need a commenting mechanism. I dislike Disqus as a user, but I know of no self-hosted alternative.
I have never got myself into the facebook train, and I haven't lost much.
But what it's starting to annoy me are the widgets. While I'm aware it's a very nice source of traffic, this is getting out of hand and the reason is simple: the iframes.
iframes are one of the slowest elements in HTML (in my personal experience) and while having one or two loading into your site, is not really a bad thing, it really adds up when you load 10 or more
Just check Seth Godin's main page [http://sethgodin.typepad.com/], try to scroll down and look how it blocks your browser for a few seconds.
I think that's a very bad experience.
When I started using Adblock, the web started loading a LOT faster without all the ads (loaded with an iframe).
And now, I'm starting to block these widgets on a site basis (starting with Seth's blog, via adblock), but I'm sure pretty soon I'll have to block them all.
I think this is one of the main reasons Google Reader sucks so much: the Plus One button. It has no keyboard shortcut, it's slow to load, it freezes up the browser-- I had to create a Greasemonkey script to block them all and now the experience is a little bit better. Let me know if you want me to upload this GM user script.
What I'm trying to say is that if you're going to build a professional website/webapp in 2012, you'll have to consider mobile. And if it freezes my browser for a few seconds, imagine what would it be for my smartphone browser.
I think here's a good idea for a startup: widgets without all the lag (and privacy concerns).
Loads and runs lightning fast for me. Of course, I'm using RequestPolicy, so I don't have to load all of the third party crap that he includes from addme.com, google.com, sethgodin.com, facebook.com, quantserve.com, youtube.com, feedburner.com and scorecardresearch.com
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[ 2.6 ms ] story [ 54.3 ms ] threadYou're handing over control of your user base to a third party. Some people don't like Disqus tracking them all over the web.
But what it's starting to annoy me are the widgets. While I'm aware it's a very nice source of traffic, this is getting out of hand and the reason is simple: the iframes.
iframes are one of the slowest elements in HTML (in my personal experience) and while having one or two loading into your site, is not really a bad thing, it really adds up when you load 10 or more Just check Seth Godin's main page [http://sethgodin.typepad.com/], try to scroll down and look how it blocks your browser for a few seconds. I think that's a very bad experience.
When I started using Adblock, the web started loading a LOT faster without all the ads (loaded with an iframe). And now, I'm starting to block these widgets on a site basis (starting with Seth's blog, via adblock), but I'm sure pretty soon I'll have to block them all.
I think this is one of the main reasons Google Reader sucks so much: the Plus One button. It has no keyboard shortcut, it's slow to load, it freezes up the browser-- I had to create a Greasemonkey script to block them all and now the experience is a little bit better. Let me know if you want me to upload this GM user script.
What I'm trying to say is that if you're going to build a professional website/webapp in 2012, you'll have to consider mobile. And if it freezes my browser for a few seconds, imagine what would it be for my smartphone browser. I think here's a good idea for a startup: widgets without all the lag (and privacy concerns).
Loads and runs lightning fast for me. Of course, I'm using RequestPolicy, so I don't have to load all of the third party crap that he includes from addme.com, google.com, sethgodin.com, facebook.com, quantserve.com, youtube.com, feedburner.com and scorecardresearch.com