They are hoping this fuck beta movement dies down before they have to acknowledge it or change.
But Slashdot users aren't the typical internet users. This won't go away.
I'm flattered; you directly copied/pasted my comment, along with the title (http://slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=4756311&cid=46164335).
Impressive.
Please send e-mails to feedback@slashdot.org saying this. Coming from low UID accounts might make them listen.
Is everyone e-mailing feedback@slashdot.org to tell them? I hope so.
This is off topic, but I'm getting a warning at the top of Slashdot that classic is going to be going away soon (looks like in 4 months).
How many people will leave if they cut it off completely...?
All the features in JS that the parent is talking about are very important. But they're important and good for web applications, not web sites. Everyone here seems to assume that all people do with HTML/CSS/JS is write web sites, but that's no longer the case. Application which were traditionally written in WinForms/WPF/C++/Mobile apps are starting to get offloaded to web, which means we need those features in JS. I mean, why do you think the canvas tag and others were introduced?
The problem is advertisers/annoying websites are also using them.
Well, that's a great load of anecdotal shit. I have had an S3 since it came out in Canada in 2012, and it is still working fine (I've moved on to the Nexus 5, but my wife uses the S3 to this day). It has had no problems, and a few months ago I moved it to Cyanogenmod without issue.
The hardware is fine, and it's never had an issue. So while I'm sure this new OS will probably suck, let's try to figure out why it'll suck for actual reasons, rather than the Galaxy line which is actually pretty good. Credit where credit is due.
PURGE COMPLETE.