From: Lester Thorpe Subject: Re: Bluefish HTML Editor Newsgroups: comp.os.linux.advocacy References: <17f6611a71a2cdd6$819$2507296$802601b3@news.usenetexpress.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Lines: 23 Path: ...!weretis.net!feeder9.news.weretis.net!usenet.blueworldhosting.com!diablo1.usenet.blueworldhosting.com!feeder.usenetexpress.com!tr2.iad1.usenetexpress.com!news.usenetexpress.com!not-for-mail Date: Thu, 19 Sep 2024 16:23:34 +0000 Nntp-Posting-Date: Thu, 19 Sep 2024 16:23:34 +0000 X-Received-Bytes: 1254 Organization: UsenetExpress - www.usenetexpress.com X-Complaints-To: abuse@usenetexpress.com Message-Id: <17f6b1d020b4c998$12781$1020395$802601b3@news.usenetexpress.com> Bytes: 1651 On Thu, 19 Sep 2024 06:47:39 -0000 (UTC), Lawrence D'Oliveiro wrote: > > I do hand-crafted “ecmascript bullshit” and CSS. And my HTML is generated > dynamically from high-level Python and other languages. Because I write > actual online intranet applications, not plain static web pages that are > basically just glorified paper documents. > Plain static web pages are what the web was originally designed for. They will remain viable forever while ecmascript endures its ever increasing race to the bottom. Intranet applications are the most twisted attempt to "shoe horn" functionality into a medium that was never intended to be functional. They are nothing more than a cheap bastardization. -- Systemd: solving all the problems that you never knew you had.