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sorry, but words on a web page isn't "magic". > "We've become obsessed with fancy designs, responsive layouts, and scripts that do magical things." When we di
by exodust 13y ago
sorry, but words on a web page isn't "magic".
> "We've become obsessed with fancy designs, responsive layouts, and scripts that do magical things."
When we didn't have those fancy things, we wanted them. If they were taken away, we'd want them back. Nothing wrong with fancy presentation if your intention is to present something.
The first thing I ever did on the internet back in the 90s was look up guitar tab for beginners. I skipped the words and printed out the guitar tabs I found.
The author of "this is a web page" is flogging a book. That's nice, but I don't really think that reading his words is "magical".
Oxygen is magical. Gravity is magical. Magic is everywhere. Can we please move on to the magical things that actually stand out as deserving such a label relative to where we are in online evolution?
The internet of things is settling in nicely, and it isn't about words, it's about things. Linking data and real-time manipulation from online to things in our immediate and remote environments. THAT is closer to magic than plain text on a white page.