On 24 Jul 2025 07:46:29 -0700 pe...@easthope.ca wrote: > David & all, > > Ref. https://lists.debian.org/debian-user/2023/01/msg00110.html > > From: David Wright <deb...@lionunicorn.co.uk> > Date: Fri, 6 Jan 2023 13:26:54 -0600 > > "Debian helps fix the Web." Not a headline I expect ever to see, > > ... > > Too simplisitic and a Web topic rather than Debian topic. But Debian > attracts some formal language experts and some programmers. > > A browser can handle more than one language. Firefox > 128.13.0esr(64-bit) opens PDF along with HTML. > > The idiots already do whatever they want to do with JavaScript, AJAX etc. Probably the large majority of web documents are already dependent on JS and don't work acceptably without it. All large browsers can run it.
The web started as a means of displaying legible and meaningful content on any conceivable computer display device, including Braille terminals. It has evolved into a multimedia dog's breakfast, and that's how web designers like it. Messages like 'please upgrade your browser to see this page properly' seem to be perfectly acceptable to most users. I can't see any attempt to introduce discipline to the web having much support. -- Joe
