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[rtkwe]

You also need authentication and security. HN has a definite anti-JS fanaticism that strikes me as unhelpful.

[cm2187 → rtkwe]

If you think javascript is of any use to authentication and security...

In this case stripping out css and javascript is to make the website functional in low bandwidth conditions.

[rtkwe → cm2187]

If we're optimizing for low bandwidth the app they went with is even better (with captains actually preloading) because all you have to pass is the auth and results information no html at all...