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> I have often thought at what point do you start rendering web pages remotely and simply send back the (ie 'png') image to the client. Please never do that, u
by hk__2 8y ago
> I have often thought at what point do you start rendering web pages remotely and simply send back the (ie 'png') image to the client.
Please never do that, unless you want your visitors to have the worst accessibility experience.
- jpetso 8y agoYeah, but aren't startups and other profit-driven entities more interested in catering to the mainstream than to a small set of users with specific needs? If companies will gleefully ignore Linux (and BSDs), browsers other than the ones that ship with a major OS, privacy concerns, free speech principles or shipping to remote areas, I can't really expect them to care much for marginalized groups such as people with accessibility issues.
- hk__2 8y ago> Yeah, but aren't startups and other profit-driven entities more interested in catering to the mainstream than to a small set of users with specific needs? How are "people on a smartphone" or "people with bad vision" small sets of users? Also, rendering the whole page in a PNG file takes more work than merely serving the page as is, which is the second reason nobody does it (the first one being "why would someone want such a shitty browsing experience?").
- earenndil 8y agoWhat about something like a PDF?
- hk__2 8y agoWe already have HTML/CSS; we don’t need a non-responsive format like the PDF.