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While peeking at the source, I noticed that the doctype declaration is missing a space. It currently reads <!doctypehtml>, but it should be <!doctype html>

• BugsJustFindMe 2y ago
  Maybe their javascript adds it back in :)
• palsecam 2y ago
  `<!doctype html>` can be minified into `<!doctypehtml>`. It’s, strictly speaking, invalid HTML, but it still successfully triggers standards mode. See https://GitHub.com/kangax/html-minifier/pull/970 https://GitHub.com/kangax/html-minifier/pull/970 / https://HTML.spec.WHATWG.org/multipage/parsing.html#parse-error-missing-whitespace-before-doctype-name https://HTML.spec.WHATWG.org/multipage/parsing.html#parse-er... (I too use that trick on https://FreeSolitaire.win https://FreeSolitaire.win)
  • saagarjha 2y ago
    Why would you do this?
    • palsecam 2y ago
      To have FreeSolitaire.win homepage be only 20.7 kB over the wire. That’s for the whole game: graphics are inline SVGs, JS & CSS are embedded in <script> and <style> elements.
      • saagarjha 2y ago
        Right but surely skipping that space wasn't that much of a win
      • lifthrasiir 2y ago
        To be clear, you can minimize much further than what you already have. For example you haven't fully minified SVG, which can be also replaced with just symbol characters. Saving a single space from `<!doctype html>` is insignificant compared to that.
      • novoreorx 2y ago
        This would be another interesting story about web optimization if you wrote a post about it! :)
• KTibow 2y ago
  Sounds like this is from a minifier that removes as much as it can [0] 0: https://github.com/KTibow/KTibow/issues/3#issuecomment-2336790657 https://github.com/KTibow/KTibow/issues/3#issuecomment-23367...