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Whenever I see something like this I always wonder how we came to allow website authors to dictate how their content is displayed on other people's computers. I
by tgvaughan 6y ago
Whenever I see something like this I always wonder how we came to allow website authors to dictate how their content is displayed on other people's computers. I know I can use greasemonkey or whatever to hack something together (or stick to lynx), but why don't websites generally just deliver text and leave the decision of how to render it up to me?
- ibraheemdev 6y ago> I always wonder how we came to allow website authors to dictate how their content is displayed on other people's computers. Um... because it is their website? > why don't websites generally just deliver text and leave the decision of how to render it up to me? Because the general public wants to go to a website and for it to look good immediately without any configuration.
- musicale 6y ago> Um... because it is their website? And therefore they should control how your web browser works on your computer? I don't think so. Remember the scourge of pop-up windows? Alert loops? Auto-playing sound and video? Obnoxious flash animations? Intrusive tracking? Megabytes of adtech attached to 3 kilobytes of text? No need to accept obnoxious, battery-draining, data-eating garbage if you don't need or want it.
- dec0dedab0de 6y agoIn the 90s I used to have my browser override all colors. I used to get so mad when sites would make their menus be images.