On Thu, Feb 19, 2009 at 12:07:16AM +0100, hiro wrote: > > I think the only way is dropping HTML and CSS altogether and going > > with something new. I'd be very interested in contributing. I think > > the replacement should not only focus on presentation but equally on > > forming a base for less suckish applications which are highly network > > transparent. > > > > Kind regards, > > --Anselm > > > > > > Not sure if OP really wanted to do this, but such alternatives have > always existed. Look at gopher for example. > > I would export 9p filetrees and mount them in acme. You can use text > files and plumbing if you want hyperlinks. > I very much enjoy reading 9fans that way. > > But I admit this not being beauty typesetting. > > > browsers like Mozilla Firefox have terrible default typographic style > > and using text-mode browsers like links often seems to be only solution > > when reading longer texts. > > I don't really get this: Where can we find real typographic style in links?
There's actually none, but it's better to display the text in a fixed-font uniform size than in misproportioned text with unsuitable spacing. > Perhaps we need a combination of Troff's beauty and web browser's dynamics. What do you mean by dynamic? AJAX? I suppose you mean hyperlinks. Regards, Matthias-Christian
