'Twas brillig, and the slithy toves did gyre and gimble in the wabe

Yeah, LJ did it at a time when they weren't convinced using SSL for the form submission was going to work (they were worried about CPU load on the server). Then they added an SSL for only their login page, and if you chose to go HTTP they still did it in Javascript. Dunno where they are now -- I don't pay that much attention anymore.

Shame that it's not something reasonable, but since the reasonable thing wouldn't have failed, I'm not surprised.

Even using Gmail works on the Kindle, so it's a real shame that apps which presumably take advantage of significantly less Javascript can't be made to work by the people who write them.