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   Lawrence =?iso-8859-13?q?D=FFOlivei to John Ames   
   Re: The Web (HTML) Sux   
   22 Dec 25 22:27:19   
   
   From: ldo@nz.invalid   
      
   On Mon, 22 Dec 2025 13:58:23 -0800, John Ames wrote:   
      
   > Whether it's things like hijacking or "papering over" links with CSS   
   > constructs that make it impossible to get to one page without going   
   > through another page first and artificially boosting page views   
   > thereby (looking at you, YouTube,) designing layouts that are   
   > completely non- functional if assumptions about DPI/resolution   
   > aren't met, requiring JS to display static page content, or any of a   
   > dozen other common abuses ...   
      
   This is why browsers allow you to override site style definitions with   
   your own.   
      
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