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I seriously think we need an alternative to HTML that axes styling and scripting and concentrates solely on the markup / content description. Websites would use
by tqkxzugoaupvwqr 9y ago
I seriously think we need an alternative to HTML that axes styling and scripting and concentrates solely on the markup / content description. Websites would use a certain set of elements/descriptors to describe the content they contain. The user’s website reader would parse the markup / content description and display a page how it thinks it should be displayed (according to the user’s preferences). All websites would have the same styling – the one chosen by the user. This HTML alternative could provide an API that makes it possible to have dynamic websites but still prevents scripting and fingerprinting.
- Crespyl 9y agoSomething like a schema for a restricted subset of XHTML?
- aendruk 9y agoA nice start would be browser support for Content-Type: text/markdown.
- farnsworthy 9y agoSounds like HTML, and a browser. (Sad.) Perhaps Firefox's Reader View would be suitable, when activated.
- j_s 9y agoAgainst an Increasingly User-Hostile Web | https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=15611122 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=15611122 (2017Nov:1307 points, 502 comments) #oneofus https://hn.algolia.com/?query=13226170&type=comment https://hn.algolia.com/?query=13226170&type=comment (click a 'comments' link on the search results, then 'parent') I've connected similar sentiment here for about a year now; I've appreciated mention of several helpful tools in this thread.