That's new. Here I thought it was this:

Which is, of course, total nonsense.

Which is also total nonsense. I'm sorry, but your assumptions simply don't match reality. Where did you come up with this stuff?

Again, I recommend you go do some reading about asynchronous programming and event-driven programming.

Yes, but it's one of many solutions, and certainly not the best in every case. Threads come with their own set of problems, after all. They're no panacea. It's your job to understand the benefits and drawbacks of threads, and alternative solutions, and pick the best approach for your project. As threads are not an option in JS, it's a great opportunity for you to explore various alternative approaches. Tossing up your hands and saying "I must lock the UI!" is silly, particularly when it's clear that other applications don't seem to share that problem.

Lets face it: If your code locks the UI, you have a serious problem with your code! Go do some reading about asynchronous programming and event-driven programming. You'll find it quite helpful. Your users will thank you as well.

Just wait, it gets even better once you learn the basics...

Oddly enough, that makes my point. That "problem" was solved ages ago. Why is that we've seemed to have collectively forgot old, but excellent, solutions to common problems?

Only if the developer is a total moron.

To be clear: I'm not talking about web-workers.

Did everyone forget about Java?

It failed in the browser for good reason.

Because they wrote the program, of course.

If Candy Crush isn't a game, what is it?

Welcome to Slashdot! We, er, do that sort of thing here...

It's scheduled for Firefox 37, to be released at the end of March next year.

Thanks. Having returned to FireFox after years of Chrome, I'm not likely to notice, or be irritated, by those kinds of changes.

My certainly did. It restarted and reloaded my tabs, including this one, without a hitch.

Just curious, what has been breaking for you? What UI features have changed in some significant way since Australis? I only ask because I switched back to Firefox from Chrome when Australis hit and have seen nothing but positive improvements with each release.

Because I have evidence on my side. That puts me in a nice position. You have a sad devotion to a fallen hero and nothing to offer accept innuendo.

No. This is why I don't care for pop science. An hypothesis doesn't "grow-up" and become a theory. An hypothesis is, put simply, a testable prediction. A theory, also in the simplest possible terms, is a predictive model.

And provided an example. You won't find any. (Not that a single example would make Randi's claims that the media were totally taken-in by his non-hoax any more fraudulent.)

Yes! I do! Mendham, Tim (1988) The Carlos Hoax, The Skeptic, 8(1)

Sure, a young foreign art student managed to do that all by himself, without any assistance from his infinitely more capable lover. Randi was blissfully ignorant. Let's just ignore the fact that Randi was well-aware of his true identity, knowingly employed an illegal immigrant under a false identity, and even lied to protect that identity (he even claimed to be worried about Pena's thick Bronx accent spoiling the "hoax") and, of course, to the US government on his I-9 form. Oh, and the fact that he admitted as much in court, stating that they didn't believe they were hurting anyone.

But sure, Randi was totally uninvolved, because he's a personal hero of yours.

Let's put reason and evidence first, shall we?