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by PurpleRamen 901 days ago
> So what do you make of books, then?

This webpage is not a book. It has a different purpose. With a book, I know what it contains, where it's leading to, usually they have an abstract for this.

I have nothing against Gemini and the people in general, I'm just saying the limitation is not working well for every type of text. Pictures and a bit more structure would be useful for the boring informative texts.
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antiframe 901 days ago
Webpages aren't as monocultural as books, though. There are webpages that have interactive 3D models (which physical books can't). There are webpages that are basically books though. Some webpages will port well to gemtext, some will not. The purpose isn't to replace HTML. The purpose is to make long-form uninterrupted text a first-class citizen by forcing other elements to be second-class citizens.
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PurpleRamen 901 days ago
> Webpages aren't as monocultural as books, though.

Depends on the definition of Webpage and book.

> There are webpages that have interactive 3D models (which physical books can't).

Pop-up-Books?

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