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The simple HTML of Hacker News is one of the reasons I love it so much. What a breath of fresh hair compared to modern Reddit.
by vascocosta 6y ago
The simple HTML of Hacker News is one of the reasons I love it so much. What a breath of fresh hair compared to modern Reddit.
- greggturkington 6y agoYeah. <img> tags for presentation (with no `alt` attr). Form <input>s without <label>s. No skip link, no landmark regions. <table>s with <div>s inside for non-tabular content. <font> tags. FONT TAGS. "A breath of fresh hair" is a typo that accidentally makes a good comparison.
- seumars 6y agoHN gets only 1 bag of popcorn
- yen223 6y agoHacker news has divs for the upvote/downvote buttons too, which apparently is a cardinal sin
- greggturkington 6y agoFor accessibility and on general principle, you should use a <button> for a button.
- userbinator 6y agoNonetheless, the fact that it works in browsers as old as IE6 (haven't tried anything before that) is living proof of the fact that dogmatic "best practices" cargo-culting is, practically speaking, of zero or even negative value.
- greggturkington 6y agoThat idea is progressive enhancement, is a best practice, and has been around for two decades