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Is it too late to create a version of the web that is just plain text (no markup)? After 25 years on the web, I'm starting to feel format fatigue so much that I
by hliyan 5y ago
Is it too late to create a version of the web that is just plain text (no markup)? After 25 years on the web, I'm starting to feel format fatigue so much that I actually cherish reading man pages and internet RFCs on the terminal (and even occasionally reading web pages on lynx).
- q-big 5y ago> Is it too late to create a version of the web that is just plain text (no markup)? Just do it and post a reference implementation of a server and a client (assuming this is the architecture that you want to use), and the protocol specifications somewhere.
- skybrian 5y agoDo you know about the Gemini protocol?
- anthk 5y agoAnd Gopher.
- hliyan 5y agoQuite coincidentally, I found an example of just the type of experience I prefer in a neighboring HN post (SPADE): https://asciinema.org/a/bG7PPKj0AaJq087ZNPxSZwcCl https://asciinema.org/a/bG7PPKj0AaJq087ZNPxSZwcCl
- fimdomeio 5y agoI did this just as a way to put an idea to code. It's very rough. Web for cli only. Web 0.5 https://tilde.pt/~fimdomeio/index2.html https://tilde.pt/~fimdomeio/index2.html
- peter303 5y agoThis was done long ago. I forget the name, but there was a browser that only rendered the text parts. It was useful on slow modems or text-only screens.