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I miss older html internet
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this post was submitted on 03 Oct 2023
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What would stop an individual or company nowadays to build a pure html website? Isn't this what a "static site" is?
Isn't this what HUGO and Jekyll produce, only a little bit prettier?
The need to have a "responsive" layout and webdesigners. At work i see this happeneing a lot. Someone has a quick loading basic website, but it's old and it's sometimes complicated to use on phones. They hire a webdesigner to modernize it, to make the UI rearrange when you tilt your phone sideways and have a big menu on big desktop screens and a folded hamburger menu on small phone screens. They need touch support and want less reloads. Every requirement adds code and libraries. The result really has better usability and neat spinners instead of complete page reloads, but it initially loads a bit slower and has bigger components.
I dont think that usability or acessibility gets so much in the way. It's more about thinking webpages as applications instead of documents. Plain html is easier for screenreaders and larger fonts. You can also get responsive with very little css.
Simplicity is just not the goal anymore.