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> 20+ years ago when a website page was thought as a 1 dimensional flow of text and pictures Here's the thing though — most websites are still just a '1 dimens
by perilunar 8y ago
> 20+ years ago when a website page was thought as a 1 dimensional flow of text and pictures
Here's the thing though — most websites are still just a '1 dimensional flow of text and pictures'. They try to disguise it with multiple columns of guff, but it's still just text and images. Sometimes a video.
Sure there are web 'apps' now too, but most websites are not apps (thankfully).
- krapp 8y ago>Sure there are web 'apps' now too, but most websites are not apps (thankfully). The thing is, web apps are also just a more complex version of the same '1 dimensional flow of text and pictures,' just maybe with Canvas and a lot of javascript. There's no real difference between a web app and a document, as far as HTML/JS/CSS is concerned. The dirty secret of the whole "the web used to be documents but now it's applications" meme is that the applications are still documents.