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> Would be great to make the tech more accessible to those without the skills to recompile and deploy Originally, hand-writing HTML was a supposed-to-be-access
by csense 3y ago
> Would be great to make the tech more accessible to those without the skills to recompile and deploy
Originally, hand-writing HTML was a supposed-to-be-accessible-to-non-technical-users way to make a website.
Until the late 1990's, HTML was used sort of like Markdown is used today.
- NoZebra120vClip 3y agoAnd then there was Wikitext. Wikipedia only recently perfected their Visual Editor in a way that made me feel comfortable using it, but it's still a situational decision whether I use VE or edit the source directly. And at $dayjob I am accustomed to poring over raw MarkDown, due to lack of a viable WYSIWYG application.
- smashed 3y agoAnd people could not resist the urge to add styling and heterogeneous layouts all over. Weird typography, layouts, alignments and extra padding here and there. A secret reason why I like to push markdown workflows is that you can't deviate from the site's overall look and feel. Focus on your content, hit publish and it will look good. Even if we change the site's look down the road, the content is still going to be fine.
- evandale 3y agoI miss all that weird styling :( It gave the internet character and flaws. Now it feels like everyone limits themselves to publishing nothing but perfect images of themselves.
- Dalewyn 3y ago<marquee> tag is awesome and noone can tell me otherwise.
- evandale 3y agoThanks for the warning, I won't try to tell you otherwise hahaha! Besides, if you like marquees who am I to say you're wrong!? I have exactly 0 design or taste bones in my body and think lime green text on a blue background is the pinnacle of human beauty.
- _factor 3y agoI agree! Hit Count: 3,404
- modernerd 3y agoSite creation tools that encourage freeform styling are great, especially if they make it easier than rolling your own HTML/CSS. For example: https://build.mmm.page/ https://build.mmm.page/