I'm worried that wide use of WASM is going to reduce the amount of abilities extensions have. Currently a lot of websites are basically source-available by default due to JS.
With minimisers and obfuscators I don't see wasm adding to the problem.
I felt something was really lost once css classes became randomised garbage on major sites. I used to be able to fix/tune a website layout to my needs but now it's pretty much a one-time effort before the ids all change.
I’ve been trying to fix UI bugs in Grafana and “randomized garbage” is real. Is that a general React thing or just something the crazy people do? Jesus fucking Christ.
> Currently a lot of websites are basically source-available by default due to JS.
By default maybe, but JS obfuscators exist so not really. Many websites have totally incomprehensible JS even without obfuscators due to extensive use of bundlers and compile-to-JS frameworks.
I expect if WASM gets really popular for the frontend we'll start seeing better tooling - decompilers etc.
Fluorescence|7 months ago
I felt something was really lost once css classes became randomised garbage on major sites. I used to be able to fix/tune a website layout to my needs but now it's pretty much a one-time effort before the ids all change.
hinkley|7 months ago
IshKebab|7 months ago
By default maybe, but JS obfuscators exist so not really. Many websites have totally incomprehensible JS even without obfuscators due to extensive use of bundlers and compile-to-JS frameworks.
I expect if WASM gets really popular for the frontend we'll start seeing better tooling - decompilers etc.