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		ComputerGuru on July 1, 2023 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: CSS-Only Chat Right but reloading a static html asset (the reply iframe consisting of just a textbox) is basically free. So long as you separate the chat history window and the reply textbox/form into two separate frames, I don’t see the problem.

croshan on July 1, 2023 [–]

Using JavaScript is also “basically free”.

There’s no problem with either listed approach, GP just seems to consider a method without page reloads as adhering to a harder constraint.

weird-eye-issue on July 1, 2023 | [–]

Using JS would have broken the threat model of the dark web chatroom. So it is a non starter in that context.

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