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   The Natural Philosopher to Charlie Gibbs   
   Re: The Web (HTML) Sux   
   21 Dec 25 02:08:53   
   
   From: tnp@invalid.invalid   
      
   On 20/12/2025 20:45, Charlie Gibbs wrote:   
   > On 2025-12-20, Lars Poulsen  wrote:   
   >   
   >> On the contrary, I am NOT a web developer, and I when I put up things on   
   >> the web, I do not care about formatting: I make it as simple as I can,   
   >> in the same kind of "wall of text with a few embedded images" that was   
   >> the norm in 1995. No JavaScript, no PHP; if I need backend code, it is   
   >> a simple Perl script that generates simple, primitive HTML. I do not   
   >> even use CSS.   
   >   
   > Blasphemer!  How DARE you present mere information, simply organized   
   > and readily accessible?  You must present a User Experience full of   
   > shiny gadgets and colourful text, lest the Web Police haul you away.   
   >   
      
   If he isn't using HTML it isn't simply organized  and readily accessible   
      
      
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