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Craigslist. Here is something novel: let html and browsers do their job. Let your browser process simple html at light speed. Let GET be idempotent. Let users
by ransom1538 7y ago
Craigslist. Here is something novel: let html and browsers do their job. Let your browser process simple html at light speed. Let GET be idempotent. Let users be anonymous while getting information.
- nvarsj 7y agoBut then what will your rockstar engineers do?
- AnIdiotOnTheNet 7y agoThat doesn't sound like it will let someone spend <2 years building their resume without regard to the consequences before moving on to repeat the process at a different SV company though.
- cabernal 7y agoJust give me web access to your FTP server ffs.
- collyw 7y agoHacker News is pretty minimal in terms of UI. I like it for that.
- grenoire 7y agoIt is, but unfortunately the HTML structure is quite horrible. It is built less like a web page and more like an Excel spreadsheet. Makes it terribly hard to parse automatically.
- edoceo 7y agoUse the API. There is HTML in it's fields but the mess is contained
- mthoms 7y agoIf anyone else suffers from Table-Layout PTSD like me, I encourage you not to open your developer tools like I just did. Kidding aside, I love you HN. Don't ever change.
- yazan94 7y agoOh wow... table-ception is real
- mrighele 7y agoThe UI could be improved on mobile. The links are quite close one to each other and I regularly tap the wrong one, especially when I want to hide a tree of comments or a topic on the main page.
- jamesgeck0 7y agoAs a bonus, a normal website that doesn't do anything fancy generally has significantly better accessibility than a website that has a novel interface.