Text-only news sites are slowly making a comeback. Here’s why

Re:Text-only news sites are slowly making a comeback. Here’s... by okaleniuk on Tuesday March 19, 2019 @08:48AM (#19430226)

I'm really glad to hear that. This lightweight design is great.

Maybe it shouldn't be for the news sites only. I make http://wordsandbuttons.online in this spirit, too. It's not text only, it has interactive plots, and quizzes, and everything. But the core idea: give people only what they come for, - works well for it as well. Since the pages are in tenths of KB, I pay for the cheapest hosting possible and it still holds "slashdot effect".

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Re:Text-only news sites are slowly making a comeback. Here’s... by stephen82 on Tuesday March 19, 2019 @09:10AM (#19430404)

Very clean and elegant website, well done.

Question: how are you producing the code, with a static website generator such as Hugo or Pelican, or are you typing it manually?

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Re:Text-only news sites are slowly making a comeback. Here’s... by okaleniuk on Tuesday March 19, 2019 @04:29PM (#19435450)

Thanks! Mostly manually, but I write Python scripts for menial jobs. It's surprisingly easy when the site is that simple.

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Re:Text-only news sites are slowly making a comeback. Here’s... by chacha2 on Tuesday March 19, 2019 @12:06PM (#19432128)

The images don't appear in Firefox reader mode. Not that reader mode is much needed on that site but it's useful if someone's got a preference on formatting.

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Re:Text-only news sites are slowly making a comeback. Here’s... by okaleniuk on Tuesday March 19, 2019 @04:34PM (#19435516)

Thank you for bringing this up! Apparently, the JavaScript behind canvases gets disabled. I'll think something out.

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