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See http://txti.es/about http://txti.es/about Txti is fast web pages for everybody. Most of the world still does not have internet, but many websites from coun

See http://txti.es/about http://txti.es/about Txti is fast web pages for everybody. Most of the world still does not have internet, but many websites from countries like the United States are big and complicated. This makes it hard for people with slow internet to use these sites. It is even harder for those people to put their own thoughts on the internet. With txti, anyone can use any device to share their story. Txti was created by Barry T. Smith because he believes that high speed internet is a responsibility, not a service people buy. He got a lot of help from his friend Adam Newbold.

yreg 3y ago
That's a very unhelpful about page. What is "fast web pages for everybody"? Is it a proxy server that compresses websites like Opera Mini did?
- zczc 3y ago
  It's markdown-based static webpage hosting: http://txti.es/how http://txti.es/how
- nameequalsmain 3y ago
  Here's what it looked like before the announcement: http://web.archive.org/web/20230302172255/http://txti.es/ http://web.archive.org/web/20230302172255/http://txti.es/ Input markdown, get a web page.
  - brabel 3y ago
    This is the right way to go for simple websites, and I do that, but why would I pay for something to do it for me when it's so extremely simple to use one of 100s[1] of open-source static site generators and host them on GitHub Pages, Netlify and many others completely free? Makes sense that this was a hard sell. [1] https://jamstack.org/generators/ https://jamstack.org/generators/
    - rakoo 3y ago
      "Github pages, Netlify and many others completely free" still require you to create yet another account. Always a pain when all you want is get a few words out. There might have been a useful goal in that it prevented spam, but today it's not even preventing that anymore.
    - cxr 3y ago
      txti.es was free, and there's nothing in these comments, or the shutdown message, or the page from the Wayback Machine that mentions pricing. Why did you bring up paying for "something to do it for me" and hard sells?
      - brabel 3y ago
        Because it was a business, or wasn't it?
        cxr 3y ago
        We just covered this...
    - xigoi 3y ago
      txti.es was much easier to use for non-technical people. (And who said anything about paying?)
- r721 3y ago
  You can look at pages which were previously submitted to HN for some examples: https://news.ycombinator.com/from?site=txti.es https://news.ycombinator.com/from?site=txti.es
o_m 3y ago
That is not true that most of the world doesn't have internet. Multiple sources say it is about 64% by now. You should be careful about thinking the world is worse off than it is. Thinking former developing countries is worse off than rich countries is most of the time a outdated world view. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_by_number_of_Internet_users https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_by_number_of...
- sureglymop 3y ago
  It was a direct quote of the linked page... which was apparently created 9 years ago. Perhaps in those years that may have changed a little.
- janoc 3y ago
  It is equally unhelpful conflating number of internet users with coverage and internet accessibility. It is of no good to you that you have internet connection but the website or whatever doesn't load because you are only on a slow cell phone connection somewhere in the middle of Africa or India, where cheap "feature phones" are the only way to access internet (and thus government services, for ex.) Or if you have connectivity in the capital and one or two major cities - and the remaining 90% of the country is "dark" because of missing infrastructure, both electrical and communications (many African countries).
- egypturnash 3y ago
  Txti was created NINE YEARS AGO with a simple and benevolent mission: to play a part in a more globally accessible internet. Since then, the whole world has changed. Now, there is less need for web pages that work on flip phones[...] - from the linked page, emphasis mine; presumably the about page the "most of the world does not have internet" line comes from was also created nine years ago.

yreg 3y ago

That's a very unhelpful about page. What is "fast web pages for everybody"? Is it a proxy server that compresses websites like Opera Mini did?

zczc 3y ago
It's markdown-based static webpage hosting: http://txti.es/how http://txti.es/how
nameequalsmain 3y ago
Here's what it looked like before the announcement: http://web.archive.org/web/20230302172255/http://txti.es/ http://web.archive.org/web/20230302172255/http://txti.es/ Input markdown, get a web page.
- brabel 3y ago
  This is the right way to go for simple websites, and I do that, but why would I pay for something to do it for me when it's so extremely simple to use one of 100s[1] of open-source static site generators and host them on GitHub Pages, Netlify and many others completely free? Makes sense that this was a hard sell. [1] https://jamstack.org/generators/ https://jamstack.org/generators/
  - rakoo 3y ago
    "Github pages, Netlify and many others completely free" still require you to create yet another account. Always a pain when all you want is get a few words out. There might have been a useful goal in that it prevented spam, but today it's not even preventing that anymore.
  - cxr 3y ago
    txti.es was free, and there's nothing in these comments, or the shutdown message, or the page from the Wayback Machine that mentions pricing. Why did you bring up paying for "something to do it for me" and hard sells?
    - brabel 3y ago
      Because it was a business, or wasn't it?
      - cxr 3y ago
        We just covered this...
  - xigoi 3y ago
    txti.es was much easier to use for non-technical people. (And who said anything about paying?)
r721 3y ago
You can look at pages which were previously submitted to HN for some examples: https://news.ycombinator.com/from?site=txti.es https://news.ycombinator.com/from?site=txti.es

o_m 3y ago

That is not true that most of the world doesn't have internet. Multiple sources say it is about 64% by now. You should be careful about thinking the world is worse off than it is. Thinking former developing countries is worse off than rich countries is most of the time a outdated world view. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_by_number_of_Internet_users https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_by_number_of...

sureglymop 3y ago
It was a direct quote of the linked page... which was apparently created 9 years ago. Perhaps in those years that may have changed a little.
janoc 3y ago
It is equally unhelpful conflating number of internet users with coverage and internet accessibility. It is of no good to you that you have internet connection but the website or whatever doesn't load because you are only on a slow cell phone connection somewhere in the middle of Africa or India, where cheap "feature phones" are the only way to access internet (and thus government services, for ex.) Or if you have connectivity in the capital and one or two major cities - and the remaining 90% of the country is "dark" because of missing infrastructure, both electrical and communications (many African countries).
egypturnash 3y ago
Txti was created NINE YEARS AGO with a simple and benevolent mission: to play a part in a more globally accessible internet. Since then, the whole world has changed. Now, there is less need for web pages that work on flip phones[...] - from the linked page, emphasis mine; presumably the about page the "most of the world does not have internet" line comes from was also created nine years ago.