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I thought about including the "lite" websites, but decided against it since those are not the primary news reading experiences that they're pushing. What I migh
by bradgessler 4y ago
I thought about including the "lite" websites, but decided against it since those are not the primary news reading experiences that they're pushing. What I might do is add a link to any news website that has a lite/text-only website.
I'll go ahead and say that yes, this is somewhat self-serving, but I'm hoping this puts pressure on some news websites to get their act together and make their primary news websites faster for everybody.
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Edit: I've pushed out the updates
1. Individual speed reports now include a link to the text-only sites.
2. Methodology makes a mention of it at https://legiblenews.com/speed/methodology https://legiblenews.com/speed/methodology (I still need to refine it; wrote and published in haste)
- synu 4y agoWhy don’t the lite versions count? They are what I use on mobile for primary reading. If the goal is pressuring sites that are too slow you should reward the ones that are quick.
- TylerE 4y agoThe goal is clearly self-promotion, and not neutral observation.
- LeoPanthera 4y agoThis is crazy. You made a lightweight, text-only news site, but then refuse to compare it to the other lightweight, text-only news sites. As well as CNN, NPR has one too: https://text.npr.org https://text.npr.org There's also http://68k.news http://68k.news which is particularly nice because it hyperlinks to images in the stories rather than embedding them.