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"I wrote these words, and you're reading them"... and Google knows you're reading them. I find it a bit ironical that a manifesto for minimalism still carries
by a3_nm 13y ago
"I wrote these words, and you're reading them"... and Google knows you're reading them.
I find it a bit ironical that a manifesto for minimalism still carries Google Analytics code to track people.
- zinssmeister 13y ago...and a DIV with a wrapper class. So really not "just" words.
- ProCynic 13y ago"There's not much code on this page at all, just simple markup for paragraphs, hierarchy, and emphasis."
- mijustin 13y agoIt's true. There's a bit of CSS. There's also a tracking script. I also needed a web server to host them, an FTP client to transfer them, plus the entire infrastructure of the web to make this work. ;) So beneath the simplicity of "just words" is some complexity. But all that stuff is invisible for most people visiting the page. The point is that simple words on a page can be powerful and effective.
- wtvanhest 13y agoHow do I download your app so I can read the text better?
- mattnewton 13y ago+1 Internet.
- mijustin 13y ago;) I'm working on it!
- bad_user 13y agoI don't see the connection, or the problem. Please explain.
- eieio 13y agoI don't have a problem with it, but it was funny to me that when I viewed the source the first thing that I saw was some javascript.
- mikeg8 13y agoSo funny to me how people take the message so literally. Most people do not view the source of a webpage so a little script that doesn't affect the user experience is irrelevant to 99% of internet users. The message is about what you are presenting on the web...
- eieio 13y agoI automatically checked the source after reading "There's not much code on this page at all, just simple markup for paragraphs, hierarchy, and emphasis." Just out of curiousity I guess. It's obviously not a big deal, it's just funny. It's not what I expected.
- adregan 13y agoPart of the message of the text is about establishing connections — that someone reading the text the author wrote is "magical". The magic works both ways. The author should get to enjoy his analytics and "see" people reading his words. It's one of the great benefits of publishing on the web.