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by spicybright 1653 days ago
It's a proof of concept, but I think it has potential so it's worth exploring.

> The web is not paper, don't design for it as if it as.

People have said that for literally everything we have on the web now, starting with "the web is only for text and hyperlinks"
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cunthorpe 1653 days ago
> it's worth exploring

Hard disagree.

> People have said that for literally everything we have on the web now

What I meant is that here the intent is to design something once and display it in the browser as if it was an image (or printed media), i.e. without filling the window properly.

This is 100% like displaying a PDF in a browser and it does not belong in one.

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spicybright 1653 days ago
> Hard disagree.

Well, then I'm thankful people can still develop and test out radical ideas despite others not wanting that.

This is how all good tech develops, like PDFs. It just tends to be through the internet now.

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