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Re: Web considered harmful

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From: meff <email@example.com>

Subject: Re: Web considered harmful

Date: Fri, 4 Feb 2022 02:38:31 -0000 (UTC)

Message-ID: <sti3j7$mhp$1@dont-email.me>

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On 2022-02-03, news@zzo38computer.org.invalid <news@zzo38computer.org.invalid> wrote:

One problem in general is that software is not designed for advanced users.
Computer software should be designed for advanced users.

One could say this about _anything_ no? Cars should be made for

advanced users, tools should be made for advanced users, kitchens

should be made for advanced users, and so on. I think the reality is

that most humans are not advanced users of most things.

Largely I think this thread is about technology people lamenting a

past where the net was only for other technology people. But the net

is infinitely wide. There's space for everyone on here. There doesn't

need to be gatekeeping on the net. We're not running out of internet

any time soon.

For example, IRC can be a separate program, but it can make sense to support
HTTP, HTML, Gemini, Gopher, etc together in one program, although I think that
it might be better having the core program not supporting any of these and only
the interface which calls extensions to implement them, instead. This way, you
can use the links between them, bookmark, etc.

With HTTP/2 and HTTP/3 this doesn't necessarily need to be

true. HTTP/2 and HTTP/3 is good enough at this point to give you a

duplex channel.

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Re: Web considered harmful (by news@zzo38computer.org.invalid on Thu, 03 Feb 2022 11:54:36 -0800)

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Re: Web considered harmful (by Doc O'Leary <droleary@2017usenet1.subsume.com> on Sat, 5 Feb 2022 18:42:12 -0000 (UTC))