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> Not sure how a subset would work in practice. What I'm imagining is a specification, defining which subset of HTML should be included, together with a <meta>
by coffeecat 5y ago
> Not sure how a subset would work in practice.
What I'm imagining is a specification, defining which subset of HTML should be included, together with a <meta> tag which indicates a document's intention to be compliant with the standard.
- encryptluks2 5y agoI'm imagining some form of YAML or similar frontmatter and markup. A lot of markdown extensions really add a lot of value. Like graphs, admonitions, diagrams, presentations, tabs, mindmaps, etc. I am not particularly fond of XML. I remember liking some of the ideas behind Pug/HAML etc and wished that a browser would just render it natively.
- MaxBarraclough 5y ago> I'm imagining some form of YAML or similar frontmatter and markup It sounds like you're expressing disagreement with Gemini's chosen feature-set, but the question being discussed here is whether it would make more sense to use a subset of HTML rather than an incompatible format. The point of using an HTML subset would be to retain compatibility with conventional heavyweight web-browsers. A feature-rich YAML-based scheme would be neither minimalistic, nor natively web-compatible.
- tjoff 5y agoYes, but how would it be enforced? Just slap on that gemini-tag and pretend to be compliant but continue using all the shady techniques of the modern web. If most users would end up browsing gemini with a regular browser that sort of thing would be commonplace.