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It's a good start, but the CSS is obnoxious and definitely not low-tech, and the image dithering is a bad compromise between having real images and simply not h
by msla 8y ago
It's a good start, but the CSS is obnoxious and definitely not low-tech, and the image dithering is a bad compromise between having real images and simply not having images at all. In short, it's an attempt at a low-tech website made by people who've never seen a real low-tech website, and probably wouldn't know Lynx if they saw it in use.
- eutropia 8y agoDoesn't this seem a bit uncharitable a characterization? What's an example of a "real low-tech website" that does better than the work presented here? Are you browsing hackernews using lynx or surfraw?
- msla 8y agohttps://yarchive.net/ https://yarchive.net/ That's a low-tech website. Absolutely nothing but content.
- emodendroket 8y agoAccording to the article, the goal here was to demonstrate the possibility of making an attractive, modern-looking Web page while still having it be lightweight. Your example does not achieve the first goal at all.
- arra 8y agothis is typical motherfuckingwebsite.com vs bettermotherfuckingwebsite.com. The design team of solar.lowtechmagazine.com is squarely on the side of the bettermotherfuckingwebsite.com