Tell HN: News sites may have a “lite” version for low-bandwidth users

Re:Tell HN: News sites may have a “lite” version for low-ban... by torgoguys on Thursday February 24, 2022 @09:48AM (#30455332)

I've used those in the past, but have switched to the CBC text only site [0] being my go-to. I found it via a nice blog post talking about text-only news sites [1] which describes the CBC pages' advantages as follows:

"1) fast-loading; 2) a world news page; 3) high-quality: includes stories from Reuters and Associated Press; 4) uniquely, a button to allow to you load any individual images you wish to view; 5) links at bottom of page to equivalent page on full size; 6) sitemap; 7) an actual release notes page!"

[0] http://cbc.ca/lite

[1] https://blog.wturrell.co.uk/text-only-news-websites/

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Re:Tell HN: News sites may have a “lite” version for low-ban... by j0r0b0 on Thursday February 24, 2022 @12:28PM (#30457576)

Shameless plug: I made a French version of CBC Lite, with contents coming from Radio-Canada.ca[0]. It basically shares the same advantages, but the content is written in French and the build/content is refreshed every 30 minutes. It's built with Eleventy[1].

The project is called Radio-Canada Lite and it's over at https://rc-lite.xyz

[0] https://ici.radio-canada.ca

[1] https://www.11ty.dev

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