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Why is an HTML document the bare minimum? I absolutely appreciate this far more accessible form, author's dedication to function and disregard for showmanship.
by dmos62 8y ago
Why is an HTML document the bare minimum? I absolutely appreciate this far more accessible form, author's dedication to function and disregard for showmanship. Somewhat paradoxically, for a potential client like me, this is way better marketing than any amount of superfluous CSS sugaring or formatting.
- recursive 8y agoI think this text/plain presentation is a form of showmanship. Put another way, do think there is ever any amount of CSS that is not superfluous?
- dmos62 8y agoIt's showmanship in that it's so nonstandard that it's theatrical. We shouldn't stigmatize that. CSS can be non-superfluous in documents, like when formatting text or a table. I'd like to focus on the fact that this required orders of magnitude less effort than designing a web site, and most importantly – the presentation did not suffer. There were no compromises to be made. Some have mentioned that this lacks functionality, but I'm having a hard time imagining what that might be. Maybe mobile-readiness, in that it's preformatted. Considering that this is a Unix-y tool for power-users, I think it's ok to expect them to read this on a PC.
- bigj0n 8y agoHTML is the standard form of internet document delivery, that's why it's the bare minimum. It's marginal effort to set up and objectively more accessible than not having a website. I'm all for reducing complexity, but at this extent your are removing pretty huge pieces of functionality for extremely marginal streamlining. It's a gimmick
- aaaaaaass 8y agoit is not accessible. There is no way for a screen reader to know what is what. That is what html is for.
- rhizome 8y agoWhy is an HTML document the bare minimum? HTML isn't a technical requirement, but they do say their goal is to sell the service.