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diff --git a/programming/the-content-web-manifesto/README.md b/programming/the-content-web-manifesto/README.md deleted file mode 100644 index d05256b9..00000000 --- a/programming/the-content-web-manifesto/README.md +++ /dev/null @@ -1,52 +0,0 @@ -# The content web manifesto - -These are my recommendations for creating "content" websites. -In a content website visitors mostly read content. -Some example content websites are Wikipedia, news websites, and blogs. - -Also see [further notes](NOTES.org). - -## General guidelines - -### Test your website with a terminal browser without JavaScript like w3m, lynx, or elinks - -If your website is usable with one of those browsers, then: - -* Your website does not require JavaScript to load. - This automatically addresses most annoyances with content websites. - Websites that do not require JavaScript tend to require less resources, making them faster and lighter. - -* Your website does not rely on non-text content. - Text content is uniquely flexible, it is frequently the most amenable media to being processed by the following systems and processes: - - * Text-to-speech systems - * Translation (both human and automatic) - * Edition (making changes to text content) - * Quoting/embedding (readers can copy parts of your text to cite or promote your content) - - Images, audio, video or other interactive media might be required to convey the message of your content. - Therefore, the content web manifesto does not forbid their use. - However, non-text content should always be accompanied by at least a text description of the content, and ideally, an alternate text version of the content. - -* Your website will work with user styling. - Providing a visual style via CSS and others is fine, but users should be able to read your content with *their* choice of font, text size, color, and others. - This is important for accessibility, but also for everyone's comfort. - -And more importantly, this weakens browser monopolies controlling the web. -Not even massive companies like Microsoft dare to maintain a browser engine, leaving the web subject to the power of the very few browser vendors in existence. -But if your web content can be read under a terminal browser without Javascript, then your content is automatically accessible by a massive amount of browsers, including very simple ones. - -(Alternatively, use [the Gemini protocol](https://geminiprotocol.net/).) - -### Provide granular URLs - -When providing a significant amount of content, make sure readers can link to specific content of interest. - -This can be achieved by: - -* Splitting your content in different pages -* Providing HTML headers with anchors - -### Date content - -Always make initial publication and edition dates available. |