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But haven't c2 wiki changed for a slightly worse? Don't get me wrong - it's still better than most. It's now client side rendered. Also there was a short time a

by hawski 8y ago

But haven't c2 wiki changed for a slightly worse? Don't get me wrong - it's still better than most. It's now client side rendered. Also there was a short time after it introduced this change, when it looked far more wonky. It's not a coincidence that all those pages could as good work with minimal CSS. That's why I would like to see a pure HTML cross-platform web browser. With nice proportional fonts and good support for media. It could even try to do some more complex typesetting. So links/lynx and other console browser do not cut it. Dillo AFAIK is no longer developed and it's not available on mobile. Side rant: I hate the recent trend with adding those obnoxious position:fixed or sticky bars at the top. All this fight to reduce browser chrome (from which Chrome takes it's name) has given web-designers more space to waste. It's horrible when one has: a wide-screen monitor, a small monitor, not full-screen window, a smartphone, a smartphone with a virtual keyboard visible. So pretty much always... On this hypothetical HTML-only browser it wouldn't obscure the content. Just as all those newsletter, cookies and GDPR consent overlays.

ainar-g 8y ago
>That's why I would like to see a pure HTML cross-platform web browser. With nice proportional fonts and good support for media. I assume you are not using Firefox? Then you should, because it has Reader View mode, which removes all the JS BS, but leaves the text and the figures in. Not sure about <audio> and <video>, but it's a real blessing. I don't know how Chrome people go without it. More info here: https://blog.mozilla.org/firefox/reader-view/ https://blog.mozilla.org/firefox/reader-view/.
- hawski 8y ago
  Firefox is close. But. I would like a permanent reader mode. There is an extension like this [0], however it does not yet work on Android, per author. Also I like the idea of a small, simple and lightning fast package. It would just work and would have a miniscule attack surface. At least comparing with all other browsers. [0] https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/automatic-reader-view/ https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/automatic-rea...
  - dredmorbius 8y ago
    FYWD; https://ello.co/dredmorbius/post/ubkidr7yuc7azg9hdnl7lq https://ello.co/dredmorbius/post/ubkidr7yuc7azg9hdnl7lq

by hawski 8y ago

ainar-g 8y ago

>That's why I would like to see a pure HTML cross-platform web browser. With nice proportional fonts and good support for media. I assume you are not using Firefox? Then you should, because it has Reader View mode, which removes all the JS BS, but leaves the text and the figures in. Not sure about <audio> and <video>, but it's a real blessing. I don't know how Chrome people go without it. More info here: https://blog.mozilla.org/firefox/reader-view/ https://blog.mozilla.org/firefox/reader-view/.

hawski 8y ago
Firefox is close. But. I would like a permanent reader mode. There is an extension like this [0], however it does not yet work on Android, per author. Also I like the idea of a small, simple and lightning fast package. It would just work and would have a miniscule attack surface. At least comparing with all other browsers. [0] https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/automatic-reader-view/ https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/automatic-rea...
- dredmorbius 8y ago
  FYWD; https://ello.co/dredmorbius/post/ubkidr7yuc7azg9hdnl7lq https://ello.co/dredmorbius/post/ubkidr7yuc7azg9hdnl7lq