Re:Most promoted and blocked domains among Kagi Search users
by PhilipRoman on Saturday August 05, 2023 @03:43AM
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Is w3schools still that bad? I know that it used to be awful in the past, but IIRC they managed to do a complete 180 in this regard. I'm not into webdev but I occasionally check how to use a particular feature on there and it always delivers a pretty good reference.
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Re:Most promoted and blocked domains among Kagi Search users
by mattmanser on Saturday August 05, 2023 @04:01AM
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It is better than it was, but I'd still much prefer to see the mdn, it's much better.
Re:Most promoted and blocked domains among Kagi Search users
by zarzavat on Saturday August 05, 2023 @05:51AM
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I can see a certain kind of absolute beginner enjoying w3schools more than MDN, it’s a little less intimidating.
When you’re first learning a subject you often want simple lies more than complicated truths.
Re:Most promoted and blocked domains among Kagi Search users
by throwaway2037 on Saturday August 05, 2023 @10:48AM
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This is a well written post. I describes me perfectly and my knowledge of HTML/CSS/JS. I usually start with w3schools, then if I need deeper info, I repeat the search with "mdn". That does the trick!
Re:Most promoted and blocked domains among Kagi Search users
by lolinder on Saturday August 05, 2023 @11:37AM
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And this is exactly why the custom domain block list is so useful. Blocking w3schools entirely would be unhelpful to beginners, but a lot of experts find their content to be less helpful than that on other websites and would rather not see them at all.
Re:Most promoted and blocked domains among Kagi Search users
by hobofan on Saturday August 05, 2023 @03:59AM
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w3schools garnered a reputation for stating outright wrong facts. I think they rectified that part, but I think the way they break down information is still far inferior to MDN on basically every topic.