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> a single webpage that should mainly be text communicating a message That was more or less true of the web in, say, 1995. Today, a web browser is an advanced
by nnethercote 12y ago
> a single webpage that should mainly be text communicating a message
That was more or less true of the web in, say, 1995.
Today, a web browser is an advanced programming environment with broad multimedia capabilities (including audio, video, and 2D and 3D graphics) that also happens to have some excellent document presentation features relating to text and images.
(Edit: I previously said this much better here: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=7743284 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=7743284)
You may think this is a bad thing, and that's a reasonable opinion to have. But if you think it's not true you'll only mislead yourself.
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- clarry 12y ago> Today, a web browser is an advanced programming environment with broad multimedia capabilities It doesn't matter what the tool is to you. When we're visiting something like techcrunch, we're there for the text and then maybe a few pictures.