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Re:During Helene, I just wanted a plain text website by imgabe on Monday January 05, 2026 @08:44AM (#46498650)
In terms of a standard, it would be nice if "reader mode" were standardized to request a text-only minimal formatting version of the site.
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Re:During Helene, I just wanted a plain text website by rglullis on Monday January 05, 2026 @09:06AM (#46498880)
Oooh... can you imagine if servers actually took the hint and sent only text if the client provided Accept: text/markdown, text/plain headers?
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Re:During Helene, I just wanted a plain text website by nektro on Tuesday January 06, 2026 @06:03AM (#46510920)
> Accept: text/markdown

funnily enough, the rise in agentic coding has actually made this on the rise

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