[guelo]

I've been surprised lately by how much more pleasant, readable and usable the news/blog-web is with JavaScript turned off. JavaScript is basically just used for the user-hostile ad-tech.

[Mirioron]

I've been wondering about this recently: perhaps we'd actually be better off with simpler browsers that did less so that the websites would do less?

[anderspitman]

I've been thinking the same thing, and started[0] experimenting[1] with some ideas. I think it be fun to make a web browser that implements a few HTML tags, flexbox and a few other CSS primitives (no animations), and no JS. Sites that are compatible with it would still work on current browsers.

[0] https://anderspitman.net/19/#netcatable

[1] https://anderspitman.net/17/#curlable

[dvko]

It's why I'm somewhat against WASM, even though it's very cool from a technical standpoint. It makes the web even more of an operating system, where I'd like it to be less.

[cholmon]

I recently found https://text.npr.org/ (linked down in the footer of the main NPR site) and it made me very happy.

[Semaphor]

You automatically get that if you visit them from the EU and decline tracking, it’s amazing :)