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Images and video are great, but everything in moderation. An image here and there to illustrate or demonstrate, but it's probably a good idea to limit yourself
by Telaneo 1y ago
Images and video are great, but everything in moderation. An image here and there to illustrate or demonstrate, but it's probably a good idea to limit yourself before loading time becomes a problem on slower connections.
The real problem that I've noticed in most cases comes from excessive JS. If you don't use JS, then you can't do tracking banner, since you can't track, can't really do ads, and video autoplay via the video tag is already disabled in browsers, so you can't do that either. With no JS, it's functionally impossible to do most of the things the ad-pilled marketers want to do with a website that makes it so horrible for the rest of us.
JS can be used in moderation too, but it opens the door to temptation, and the road from there to slow load times even on good connections is awfully short it seems.
- skydhash 1y agoYou can do progressive enhancement too. JS enabled? Use ajax, show the form in a modal… JS not working? Fallback the standard browser navigation.
- troupo 1y ago> you don't use JS, then you can't do tracking banner, since you can't track You can still track (though not as efficiently). E.g. cookies are an HTTP header, not something JS sets. GDPR aka "do not track/collect unnecessary data without consent" still applies regardless of whether your site is text only or not.