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There's already a proliferation of minimally styled sites and blogs like this one. There's also a proliferation of tools—particularly static site generators—tha
by actuallyalys 10y ago
There's already a proliferation of minimally styled sites and blogs like this one. There's also a proliferation of tools—particularly static site generators—that are meant for creating that kind of site. Finally, there's a proliferation of browsers that "work on every device and platform." (Admittedly, they're not lightweight, but they're not that bad if the sites are lightweight.)
Can you elaborate on what creating a parallel, information-dense system would achieve? I mean, I agree the web could be more efficient and lighter weight, but there's nothing stopping us from doing that on the web.
- shakna 10y agoStatic site generators are an interesting case, which can go either way. Because the site is static, but the creator still wants to be interactive, you tend to get a lot of JavaScript dependencies that fire off a bunch of 3rd party requests instead. Form handling, comments, user profiles and the like, along with the usual analytics and ads. The resulting mess can be much heavier.
- actuallyalys 10y agoThat's a good point, although there are many static site generator and theme combinations that don't have that problem, either by not being interactive or by limiting the interactivity to when the creator is editing locally.
- shakna 10y agoIndeed. They can let you save on bytes, or let you drag megabytes. I'm seeing both cultures, and hoping that the lighter wins. But the dichotomy is a interesting statement on how the wider public thinks.