• Riskable@programming.dev
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    8 months ago

    I remember when the web didn’t have JavaScript.

    Honestly, though it was much worse back then. I prefer the variety and features of modern browsing over (mostly) plain text.

    What I wish we could do away with on the web is videos. Let’s go back to just images and text, thanks. Animations are fine though 👍

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      8 months ago

      What I wish we could do away with on the web is videos. Let’s go back to just images and text

      Seconded. I really enjoyed pre-video Internet.

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        8 months ago

        I third that. Videos are so incredible inaccessible. Want an easy-to-follow tutorial or heck a searchable document? nah mate video is all you get, and ads with it!

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          8 months ago

          The ads make it even worse. I totally get the Gemini folks for wanting to simplify. But I do enjoy me a good webapp.

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              8 months ago

              Well, you can link to images and individual clients can then choose to directly embed those images inline, where the link is placed.

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          You do get searchable auto-transcripts of videos now, so that’s a good thing. Some people work better with videos and find them more accessible. Best of both worlds. As long as they are not auto-playing and pre-caching, I’m fine with them existing.