Because the employee’s of Facebook wrote an app with HTML5 for Android (iOS as well until the newer one came out which doesn’t use HTML5 technologies), and it is incredibly slow Mark Zuckerberg has decided to tell everyone that they made a mistake by betting on HTML5 too much.

Mark Zuckerberg, don’t call out a technology just because you (I doubt you ever touched the code) and your employee’s don’t know or understand it well enough to make something with it properly. If you had me (or any number of the proper HTML5 developers out there) write the app you would have seen the benefits and would never ask someone to write a native app again, open your mind to the web it is constantly changing and has left you far, far behind, it has left everyone still using PHP behind.

The reference below is an older article but the issue keeps popping up all over the place. I do not think I am the best HTML5 developer, far from it in fact, but it is clear you wrote this app in the quickest way possible instead of writing it properly, and that is why it is the slowest app I have ever seen, not because you used HTML5 technolgies.

TechCrunch: Mark Zuckerberg: Our Biggest Mistake Was Betting Too Much On HTML5

-end geek rant- if you made it here, congratulations you made it through a poorly written blog post that started out as a Facebook status.

I was intending to continue this project but then I came across Better Battlelog, this project is pretty huge and I would have a lot of catching up to do. I’m not sure how smooth the Better Battlelog plugin is or anything but I just thought I would ask all the fans that are still around (you guys are awesome btw) would you like to see me continue this project, or as I am currently thinking are you guys all happy with Better Battlelog and there isn’t really much point in me continuing this project?

If there is enough demand I would love to continue, I did a little bit of work this weekend and it actually motivated me so if you guys want it I will absolutely keep going.

I am not going to give out much more information right now as I intend to outline each upcoming feature in separate blogposts as I develop them, I will however provide you guys with a few goodies below, a list of some planned features and a screenshot of the document I am currently writing to plan out the project.

Just a few of the planned features:

1. ability to blacklist servers.
2. server filter profiles (idea came from PhaxeNor here)
3. the old AutoHooah mod will make a comeback
4. the old AutoJoin may make a comeback with some nice features for parties
5. possible quick join button(s) placed on Battlelog Report pages
6. multi-language support with a web application for the community to help bring support to all languages
7. local (offline) versions of the extensions will be provided for the security conscious
8. overall speed increase and optimized code

As always I love to hear suggestions for features that DICE has yet to implement, you can use the comment system below or find me on twitter (@coderah)

Code v2.7 changelog

Featured changes:

Removed autoJoin, will re-evaluate whether its worth fixing in 2.8.

Removed autoAcceptPartyJoin, it appears it is no longer useful (or even working)

Changed the way mods are applied so that when one fails it reports it in the mods menu, and will not stop the other mods from attempting to apply themselves.

Fixed all mods to work with the latest update to BF3 and Battlelog. (264)

Developer log (newest commit first):

build server-side code 2.7 for release
removed autoJoin (will decide in the next version if its worth fixing, probably not.)
removed autoAcceptPartyJoin
all mods states are now managed through mods.states and are shown in the mods menu
if a mod is broken it will report so through the mods menu and will no longer prevent other mods from working
autoJoin state is now hidden by default
added latest dev files (formatted BATTLELOG v264)

Project Info & Download

This is a server side update to the code so you won’t have to update the extension itself, if you don’t have the extension yet you can get it on the project page below!

For more info and the extension download view the Project page: http://www.coderah.com/?page_id=389

Source Code (github): https://github.com/Coderah/Coderah-Battlelog-Mods

First off I am aware that the new Battlelog update broke the mods, I will release an update to fix it as soon as I have some free time to do it.

And I still have plans for plenty of new features (mostly thanks to all you guys for suggestions and everything!) I just haven’t had the motivation to work on them yet, soon maybe in a few weeks or so I will have time to review what DICE has added/changed and decide what the best course of action is for me (what to remove from the mod and what to add first)

Code v2.6 changelog

Featured changes:

Fixed all mods to work with the latest update to BF3 and Battlelog

Developer log (newest commit first):

fixed autoJoin button positioning in full server view
fixes for BATTLELOG 162 all mods work properly again
added latest dev files (BATTLELOG 162)

This is a server side update to the code so you won’t have to update the extension itself, if you don’t have the extension yet you can get it on the project page below!

For more info and the extension download view the Project page: http://www.coderah.com/?page_id=389

Source Code (github): https://github.com/Coderah/Coderah-Battlelog-Mods

Code v2.5 changelog

Featured changes:

Once again fixed everything to work in older versions of Firefox (3.6)

Added Quick Refresh button to the server browser (only updates player count map and pings for the current servers)

Added 48 player game size to filters.

Added setting to auto accept a party join request (when you are in a party and someone tries to join a server)

All settings will now be saved indefinitely even after a browser restart.

Bug fixes.

Developer log (newest commit first):

fixed constant reload in Firefox caused by customFilters
added autoAcceptPartyJoin mod
added double check on render for autoHideOfflineFriends
added quickRefresh mod
fixed modifyFunction to work on older version s of Firefox again (console bug)
fixed all debug functions to work in older Firefox versions
customFilters – added 48 filter to game size section of the server browser
removed old dev files
added latest battlelog dev file (formatted v42)
mods.settings now uses cookies (via Surface.cookieSet and Surface.cookieGet) instead of localStorage (settings are now persistent)
fixed autoHooah link positioning when there is a form (for commenting) in a feed

 

This is a server side update to the code so you won’t have to update the extension itself, if you don’t have the extension yet you can get it on the project page below!

For more info and the extension download view the Project page: http://www.coderah.com/?page_id=389

Source Code (github): https://github.com/Coderah/Coderah-Battlelog-Mods

Code v2.4 changelog

Featured changes:

Removed the ability to remember sorting as Battlelog now natively supports this.

Removed custom filters as Battlelog has replaced the need for the current ones. (might add different ones later on)

Did some more backend work so that in the next few versions language support can be added.

FireFox should be completely supported again.

Fixed auto join for the new Battlelog update.

Bug fixes.

Developer log (newest commit first):

added support to autoJoin for the new server is full message
added greasemonkey_dev_base
added dev build folders to .gitignore file
removed rememberSort setting
added support to autoJoin and autoHooah for FireFox since the change to modifyFunction
modifyFunction now always logs its output to the console for debugging purposes
added support for the modify variable in a modifyFunction call object to be an array
changed function to string line to support FireFox
changed a few things to work with the dev (client-side) version of greasemonkey
removed customFilters and rememberSort they are native features now
added ability to build dev (client-side) version of the greasemonkey script
fixed custom serverfilter styling to work in all languages
changed menu dynamic render mod to work in all languages
changed autojoin to render properly in full server view in a non-english language
fixed typo that caused full server view button to sometimes not be correct when in a party
changed render mods to use modifyFunction (dynamically modify them)
fixed debug issue in modifyFunction when using type: “replace”
changed autoHooah to use modifyFunction (to dynamically modify the render function)
changed mods.menu render mod to use modifyFunction (to dynamically edit the function)
modifyFunction now returns the positions of the modified code in an array (for debugging)

This is a server side update to the code so you won’t have to update the extension itself, if you don’t have the extension yet you can get it on the project page below!

For more info view the Project page: http://www.coderah.com/?page_id=389

Source Code (github): https://github.com/Coderah/Coderah-Battlelog-Mods

Code v2.3 changelog

Featured changes:

Added a setting to remember sorting (like pings or players) when you load new servers.

Added custom server filters (like max players) to the server browser.

Bug fix for the news menu item being changed to a link that doesn’t exist.

Bug fix for too many join requests in auto join if a server reports that it has changed maps.

Started getting ready to add different language support in the next version.

Developer log (newest commit first):

added rememberSort mod
removed debug message in customFilters
moved set auto browse and click first of list to a different function for stability
changed customFilters to hide serverRows based on filters instead of deleting them entirely (errors)
added customFilters applied debug message
moved updateUI to coincide with customFilters
changed settings ticbox styling
added customFilters mod
changed settings ticbox click event type to live
added the ability to dynamically modify functions that have already been defined
added workaround for never ending join requests when a server reports that it has changed maps
updated menu rendering code (was using code from beta) news link is now corrected

This is a server side update to the code so you won’t have to update the extension itself, if you don’t have the extension yet you can get it on the project page below!

For more info view the Project page: http://www.coderah.com/?page_id=389

Source Code (github): https://github.com/Coderah/Coderah-Battlelog-Mods