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This site is HTML, replacing <div> with <table> wouldn't change that. Tabular data can still be plain text. It's just rendered in tables instead of divs and spa
by TAKEMYMONEY 5y ago
This site is HTML, replacing <div> with <table> wouldn't change that. Tabular data can still be plain text. It's just rendered in tables instead of divs and spans.
Plain text is good because it
1. Loads fast
2. Can be parsed easily
<table>s load just as fast, and can be parsed much faster by humans and computers alike.
Either don't use HTML and use plain text instead, or use it correctly. This is all costs of markup without any benefit. Bring accessibility in the mix (which we should always do) and it's a non-starter.
- yupper32 5y ago> Either don't use HTML and use plain text instead, or use it correctly. Says who? The owner of the website here owes us nothing.
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- TAKEMYMONEY 5y agoI mean it as a constructive criticism, not a pull request. It's a cool project (enough that I wanted to see how it's built).
- caslon 5y agoPersonally, I love the site, and I'm glad it is the way it is: It looks and feels better than any plausible alternative. It sure seems like it has all of the benefits and only one of the drawbacks (vaguely inaccessible). A person can just make something for their own enjoyment. It's not the end of the world.
- TAKEMYMONEY 5y agoThe primary drawback is that it's not plain text, so it doesn't have the benefit that a plain text format would.