schizoidman@lemmy.ml to Technology@lemmy.mlEnglish · 3 months agoModern web bloat means some pages load 21MB of data - entry-level phones can't run some simple web pages, and some sites are harder to render than PUBGwww.tomshardware.comexternal-linkmessage-square152fedilinkarrow-up1806arrow-down18
arrow-up1798arrow-down1external-linkModern web bloat means some pages load 21MB of data - entry-level phones can't run some simple web pages, and some sites are harder to render than PUBGwww.tomshardware.comschizoidman@lemmy.ml to Technology@lemmy.mlEnglish · 3 months agomessage-square152fedilink
minus-squaresaddlebag@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up32arrow-down2·3 months agoI’m all for reducing the size of webpages with garbage bloat but a little CSS for readability on this site would have gone a long way. Ps. thanks for sauce
minus-squaremorrowind@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkarrow-up12·3 months agoI don’t agree with him, but if you read the last appendix, this mf wrote half an essay on why he prefers to have basically no styling
minus-squaresugar_in_your_tea@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up7·3 months agoIt reads a lot better with Firefox’s reader mode.
minus-squaresnooggums@midwest.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·3 months agoWow, first time I’ve used reader mode and it is awesome!
minus-squareDamagelinkfedilinkarrow-up7·3 months agoThe Opera browser of old had a menu with custom styles (a few default plus you could add your own), I think it had one that converted to sans serif, that plus a columns width one would be perfect for this site
minus-squaremindbleach@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up7·3 months agoModern Firefox has “Reader View” that does a similar thing. It’s just less customizable… because it’s modern Firefox. Does a disservice to the color-coded table on this article, though.
I’m all for reducing the size of webpages with garbage bloat but a little CSS for readability on this site would have gone a long way.
Ps. thanks for sauce
I don’t agree with him, but if you read the last appendix, this mf wrote half an essay on why he prefers to have basically no styling
It reads a lot better with Firefox’s reader mode.
Wow, first time I’ve used reader mode and it is awesome!
The Opera browser of old had a menu with custom styles (a few default plus you could add your own), I think it had one that converted to sans serif, that plus a columns width one would be perfect for this site
Modern Firefox has “Reader View” that does a similar thing. It’s just less customizable… because it’s modern Firefox.
Does a disservice to the color-coded table on this article, though.