In 2007, the free-software advocate argued that a personal site doesn’t owe the Web a redesign every few years. Text-first pages were easy to update and worked in simpler browsers; style is a choice, not a tax. His 2012 addendum even answers someone who pointed out the HTML didn’t validate.
Original essay: https://www.ebb.org/bkuhn/why-crap.html
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Original essay: https://www.ebb.org/bkuhn/why-crap.html
Full Switchboard article: https://switchboardtechservices.com/articles/ancient-web-bradley-kuhn-defended-his-1996-looking-homepage/
#ancientweb #accessibility #webdesign #freesoftware
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