The hard part would be enforcing behavior so you don't end up with venders adding their own bits which destroy the entire point of the thing.
Somewhere, an AMP developer coughs indignantly
I like the latter idea.
Go build your new web and leave those of us who believe the existing web, despite its faults, has value, be.
It sounds an awful lot like you are complaining, but about what, I am not sure.
I don't see how I am not letting you be, either. Creating a new system does not involve you at all, until you find a personal interest in that system, or its development.
that doesn't really speak to the value of progress, reflecting on the status quo, or creating something fresh with lessons learned from the past.
i don't really get the 'leave you be' bit.
Simple. More than a few people here seem to believe, as the grandparent comment suggests, that the web is a lost cause, or irredeemable, and all those people seem to want to do is to constantly complain about it.
I'm simply suggesting that if people feel the web has nothing to offer them, that it would be more productive for them to kindly leave it for a network that better suits their needs. Otherwise, rather than wanting to "fork the web and start over" they could consider working to improve what we have.
Why are you taking those complaints so personally?
You don't need us to be content with the status quo. If all we are doing is complaining, we really aren't doing anything to you.
I disagree - if it has something to offer then it's not a lost cause. A lost cause by definition isn't worth saving, or even engaging with.
> 'leaving the web' also doesn't seem very pragmatic, at least until something better is available.
The comment I replied to earlier suggested that the only reasonable solution to the web was to fork it or start over, with starting over being preferable. I'm merely suggesting that someone should actually get started on that.
Or maybe revive Gopher. I hear that's still around.
the real question is whether the New Thing can avoid the problems of it's predecessor.
I think the Web is unredeemable at this point; there is so much entrenched complexity, ugly hacks, centralization, and misuse of various technologies that it can never be undone. The only solution is to refuse to contribute to the Web at all, which is hardly an option for most of us here.