schizoidman@lemmy.ml to Technology@lemmy.mlEnglish · 8 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-up1805arrow-down18
arrow-up1797arrow-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 · 8 months agomessage-square152fedilink
minus-squaresaddlebag@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up32arrow-down2·8 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-up12·8 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-squareDamage@feddit.itlinkfedilinkarrow-up7·8 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-up7·8 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.
minus-squaresugar_in_your_tea@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up7·8 months agoIt reads a lot better with Firefox’s reader mode.
minus-squaresnooggums@midwest.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·8 months agoWow, first time I’ve used reader mode and it is awesome!
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
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.
It reads a lot better with Firefox’s reader mode.
Wow, first time I’ve used reader mode and it is awesome!