#bloatedweb — Public Fediverse posts

RE: https://mastodon.bsd.cafe/@fionescu/116528532822301930

First of all. Props on your journey with Linux and BSD @fionescu

Second, why do web browsers suck so fucking much at doing simple tasks like translation and/or reader mode.

Firefox would not automatically translate, I had to tell it which language from/to (translation in "beta", even though I downloaded all the languages in settings)

Safari was like....Romanian? Nah

Brave auto-translated it but then would not show speedreader option

Meanwhile chrome and edge worked just fine

to my surprise Edge handled this task the best, being able to translate and provide reader mode from the little action icons in search bar

go figure

this is a wormhole I didn't want to go down today but FUCK

#webbrowser #bloatedweb #bloatedapps #translation

RE: https://mastodon.bsd.cafe/@fionescu/116528532822301930

First of all. Props on your journey with Linux and BSD @fionescu

Second, why do web browsers suck so fucking much at doing simple tasks like translation and/or reader mode.

Firefox would not automatically translate, I had to tell it which language from/to (translation in "beta", even though I downloaded all the languages in settings)

Safari was like....Romanian? Nah

Brave auto-translated it but then would not show speedreader option

Meanwhile chrome and edge worked just fine

to my surprise Edge handled this task the best, being able to translate and provide reader mode from the little action icons in search bar

go figure

this is a wormhole I didn't want to go down today but FUCK

#webbrowser #bloatedweb #bloatedapps #translation

RE: https://mastodon.bsd.cafe/@fionescu/116528532822301930

First of all. Props on your journey with Linux and BSD @fionescu

Second, why do web browsers suck so fucking much at doing simple tasks like translation and/or reader mode.

Firefox would not automatically translate, I had to tell it which language from/to (translation in "beta", even though I downloaded all the languages in settings)

Safari was like....Romanian? Nah

Brave auto-translated it but then would not show speedreader option

Meanwhile chrome and edge worked just fine

to my surprise Edge handled this task the best, being able to translate and provide reader mode from the little action icons in search bar

go figure

this is a wormhole I didn't want to go down today but FUCK

#webbrowser #bloatedweb #bloatedapps #translation

RE: https://mastodon.bsd.cafe/@fionescu/116528532822301930

First of all. Props on your journey with Linux and BSD @fionescu

Second, why do web browsers suck so fucking much at doing simple tasks like translation and/or reader mode.

Firefox would not automatically translate, I had to tell it which language from/to (translation in "beta", even though I downloaded all the languages in settings)

Safari was like....Romanian? Nah

Brave auto-translated it but then would not show speedreader option

Meanwhile chrome and edge worked just fine

to my surprise Edge handled this task the best, being able to translate and provide reader mode from the little action icons in search bar

go figure

this is a wormhole I didn't want to go down today but FUCK

#webbrowser #bloatedweb #bloatedapps #translation

It's been years, many years, actually, since I last built a site with HTML. Recently, I've been wanting to end my participation in the larger web and start contributing to a smaller web. A web that was full of creative people, building cool and fun sites, and sharing information. Not the web of today that is full of companies pumping ads at us, forcing us to use ad blockers to keep us safe, or the companies scraping the web to build their AI models. The web of today is terrible, bloated, and not what the internet was originally created for.

I've deleted my personal and freelance/consulting sites, both built on bloated WordPress, and I have been reintroducing myself to HTML and CSS so I can rebuild my sites. I've been having so much fun. To do this, I've joined https://bearblog.dev for my personal site/blog, and https://neocities.org as a practice space for working on my HTML and CSS. Both are brilliant, and to support both, it's really affordable.

To start my journey of reintroducing myself to HTML and CSS, I read (multiple times) @bw's online book, "HTML for People". You can find it at https://htmlforpeople.com/. And if you enjoy reading it, throw a bit of money Blake's way for all of the hard work.

Anyway, I'll get off my soapbox about the bloated web of today and get back to learning HTML and CSS. My personal site is still a bit crap, but I'm working on it! 😃

#html #css #smallweb #bloatedweb

It's been years, many years, actually, since I last built a site with HTML. Recently, I've been wanting to end my participation in the larger web and start contributing to a smaller web. A web that was full of creative people, building cool and fun sites, and sharing information. Not the web of today that is full of companies pumping ads at us, forcing us to use ad blockers to keep us safe, or the companies scraping the web to build their AI models. The web of today is terrible, bloated, and not what the internet was originally created for.

I've deleted my personal and freelance/consulting sites, both built on bloated WordPress, and I have been reintroducing myself to HTML and CSS so I can rebuild my sites. I've been having so much fun. To do this, I've joined https://bearblog.dev for my personal site/blog, and https://neocities.org as a practice space for working on my HTML and CSS. Both are brilliant, and to support both, it's really affordable.

To start my journey of reintroducing myself to HTML and CSS, I read (multiple times) @bw's online book, "HTML for People". You can find it at https://htmlforpeople.com/. And if you enjoy reading it, throw a bit of money Blake's way for all of the hard work.

Anyway, I'll get off my soapbox about the bloated web of today and get back to learning HTML and CSS. My personal site is still a bit crap, but I'm working on it! 😃

#html #css #smallweb #bloatedweb

It's been years, many years, actually, since I last built a site with HTML. Recently, I've been wanting to end my participation in the larger web and start contributing to a smaller web. A web that was full of creative people, building cool and fun sites, and sharing information. Not the web of today that is full of companies pumping ads at us, forcing us to use ad blockers to keep us safe, or the companies scraping the web to build their AI models. The web of today is terrible, bloated, and not what the internet was originally created for.

I've deleted my personal and freelance/consulting sites, both built on bloated WordPress, and I have been reintroducing myself to HTML and CSS so I can rebuild my sites. I've been having so much fun. To do this, I've joined https://bearblog.dev for my personal site/blog, and https://neocities.org as a practice space for working on my HTML and CSS. Both are brilliant, and to support both, it's really affordable.

To start my journey of reintroducing myself to HTML and CSS, I read (multiple times) @bw's online book, "HTML for People". You can find it at https://htmlforpeople.com/. And if you enjoy reading it, throw a bit of money Blake's way for all of the hard work.

Anyway, I'll get off my soapbox about the bloated web of today and get back to learning HTML and CSS. My personal site is still a bit crap, but I'm working on it! 😃

#html #css #smallweb #bloatedweb

It's been years, many years, actually, since I last built a site with HTML. Recently, I've been wanting to end my participation in the larger web and start contributing to a smaller web. A web that was full of creative people, building cool and fun sites, and sharing information. Not the web of today that is full of companies pumping ads at us, forcing us to use ad blockers to keep us safe, or the companies scraping the web to build their AI models. The web of today is terrible, bloated, and not what the internet was originally created for.

I've deleted my personal and freelance/consulting sites, both built on bloated WordPress, and I have been reintroducing myself to HTML and CSS so I can rebuild my sites. I've been having so much fun. To do this, I've joined https://bearblog.dev for my personal site/blog, and https://neocities.org as a practice space for working on my HTML and CSS. Both are brilliant, and to support both, it's really affordable.

To start my journey of reintroducing myself to HTML and CSS, I read (multiple times) @bw's online book, "HTML for People". You can find it at https://htmlforpeople.com/. And if you enjoy reading it, throw a bit of money Blake's way for all of the hard work.

Anyway, I'll get off my soapbox about the bloated web of today and get back to learning HTML and CSS. My personal site is still a bit crap, but I'm working on it! 😃

#html #css #smallweb #bloatedweb

It's been years, many years, actually, since I last built a site with HTML. Recently, I've been wanting to end my participation in the larger web and start contributing to a smaller web. A web that was full of creative people, building cool and fun sites, and sharing information. Not the web of today that is full of companies pumping ads at us, forcing us to use ad blockers to keep us safe, or the companies scraping the web to build their AI models. The web of today is terrible, bloated, and not what the internet was originally created for.

I've deleted my personal and freelance/consulting sites, both built on bloated WordPress, and I have been reintroducing myself to HTML and CSS so I can rebuild my sites. I've been having so much fun. To do this, I've joined https://bearblog.dev for my personal site/blog, and https://neocities.org as a practice space for working on my HTML and CSS. Both are brilliant, and to support both, it's really affordable.

To start my journey of reintroducing myself to HTML and CSS, I read (multiple times) @bw's online book, "HTML for People". You can find it at https://htmlforpeople.com/. And if you enjoy reading it, throw a bit of money Blake's way for all of the hard work.

Anyway, I'll get off my soapbox about the bloated web of today and get back to learning HTML and CSS. My personal site is still a bit crap, but I'm working on it! 😃

#html #css #smallweb #bloatedweb

Hot take: browsers should having extra permission setting for running JavaScript by default and it should sound scary to users. Something like ”Do you want this website to be able to run code in your device?”.

There are websites that need truly need JS, but the vast majority just don't. Hopefully this would stop wasting users resources by solving things that can be better solved by rendering on the server.

Would help security too.

#webdev #javascript #bloatedweb #browsers #security

Hot take: browsers should having extra permission setting for running JavaScript by default and it should sound scary to users. Something like ”Do you want this website to be able to run code in your device?”.

There are websites that need truly need JS, but the vast majority just don't. Hopefully this would stop wasting users resources by solving things that can be better solved by rendering on the server.

Would help security too.

#webdev #javascript #bloatedweb #browsers #security

Hot take: browsers should having extra permission setting for running JavaScript by default and it should sound scary to users. Something like ”Do you want this website to be able to run code in your device?”.

There are websites that need truly need JS, but the vast majority just don't. Hopefully this would stop wasting users resources by solving things that can be better solved by rendering on the server.

Would help security too.

#webdev #javascript #bloatedweb #browsers #security

Hot take: browsers should having extra permission setting for running JavaScript by default and it should sound scary to users. Something like ”Do you want this website to be able to run code in your device?”.

There are websites that need truly need JS, but the vast majority just don't. Hopefully this would stop wasting users resources by solving things that can be better solved by rendering on the server.

Would help security too.

#webdev #javascript #bloatedweb #browsers #security

Hot take: browsers should having extra permission setting for running JavaScript by default and it should sound scary to users. Something like ”Do you want this website to be able to run code in your device?”.

There are websites that need truly need JS, but the vast majority just don't. Hopefully this would stop wasting users resources by solving things that can be better solved by rendering on the server.

Would help security too.

#webdev #javascript #bloatedweb #browsers #security