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Have you ever stubbled upon a website, and gazed in awe at how certain textual content isn't actually text at all? Maybe you didn't know that HTML was called

by kypro 3y ago

Have you ever stubbled upon a website, and gazed in awe at how certain textual content isn't actually text at all? Maybe you didn't know that H*T*ML was called H*T*ML for a reason. Rather than simply creating a website in photoshop then splicing it into multiple images with zero regards for accessibility, SEO, performance, or usability, sane web developers take their time to convert textual content to text. It's a way of saying to the world, "I'm not going to rush things, I'm going to support users with accessibility needs and actually make this site indexable". It's all in a day's work for a web developer. [Learn more](https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/HTML https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/HTML)

ayhanfuat 3y ago
It's a website that was last updated 20 years ago...
jdthedisciple 3y ago
Not all websites need all of the SEO bs you mentioned. Least this one. It's legendary as it is.
gaazoh 3y ago
Text is so yesterday, just look at that fancy Flash photo gallery. The future is now, get used to it.
motogpjimbo 3y ago
> performance Ironically, this website loads significantly faster than most modern websites, even under HN-induced load. > I'm going to support users with accessibility needs I'm not sure visually-impaired individuals are the intended beneficiaries of this site...
- avidphantasm 3y ago
  It’s not really ironic that it would load faster. Isn’t this the apotheosis of server-side rendering? Just memcpy the image to VRAM…
- TrueGeek 3y ago
  > I'm not sure visually-impaired individuals are the intended beneficiaries of this site... I’m know you’re making a joke but I want to point out that only a small percentage of blind people have 0% vision and it’s important that we address accessibility on our sites for multiple types of users.
Jenk 3y ago
This site (fancyparking) is old. Before font support was implemented well in webrowsers.. hell before HTML was implemented well in browsers.
cirrus3 3y ago
This website is ancient, I am not surprised at all.

Have you ever stubbled upon a website, and gazed in awe at how certain textual content isn't actually text at all? Maybe you didn't know that H*T*ML was called

by kypro 3y ago

ayhanfuat 3y ago

It's a website that was last updated 20 years ago...

jdthedisciple 3y ago

Not all websites need all of the SEO bs you mentioned. Least this one. It's legendary as it is.

gaazoh 3y ago

Text is so yesterday, just look at that fancy Flash photo gallery. The future is now, get used to it.

motogpjimbo 3y ago

> performance Ironically, this website loads significantly faster than most modern websites, even under HN-induced load. > I'm going to support users with accessibility needs I'm not sure visually-impaired individuals are the intended beneficiaries of this site...

avidphantasm 3y ago
It’s not really ironic that it would load faster. Isn’t this the apotheosis of server-side rendering? Just memcpy the image to VRAM…
TrueGeek 3y ago
> I'm not sure visually-impaired individuals are the intended beneficiaries of this site... I’m know you’re making a joke but I want to point out that only a small percentage of blind people have 0% vision and it’s important that we address accessibility on our sites for multiple types of users.

Jenk 3y ago

This site (fancyparking) is old. Before font support was implemented well in webrowsers.. hell before HTML was implemented well in browsers.

cirrus3 3y ago

This website is ancient, I am not surprised at all.