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В кластер входят документы, обсуждающие техническую и концептуальную эволюцию веб-стандартов, а также пригодность веб-платформы для создания документов и приложений.
Общие признаки: дискуссия о предназначении веба, роль HTML, CSS и JavaScript, противопоставление документов и приложений, критика современного состояния интернета
Группа выше: Эволюция и будущее веба
Смысл: The main idea is that the individuality and creative 'weirdness' of the early web can and should be revived, but it must be done using modern HTML, CSS, and JS to maintain accessibility and cross-browser compatibility.
A technical guide on recreating 1990s web design tropes like animated GIFs, WordArt, and cursor trails using modern, accessible web standards.
Смысл: The main idea is that the modern web has become an over-engineered monoculture that serves corporate interests rather than users. To fix this, we should conceptually and technically decouple simple document-based content from complex interactive applications, potentially using Markdown as a new standard for documents to restore speed and accessibility.
The author proposes splitting the web into a simplified 'Document Web' using Markdown and a specialized 'Application Web' to combat the bloating and browser monoculture of the modern internet.
Смысл: The main idea is that HTML, CSS, and JavaScript remain the best and most capable tools for creating high-quality, modern user interfaces, debunking the myth that they are obsolete or insufficient.
The author argues that modern web interfaces like Facebook and Google prove that HTML, CSS, and JavaScript are powerful and sufficient tools for professional UI development.
Смысл: The core idea is that the web platform is architecturally unfit for applications because it was designed for documents; therefore, we must abandon it in favor of a new, security-first application platform.
The author argues that the web is an obsolete, insecure foundation for applications and advocates for its replacement with a platform designed specifically for software rather than documents.