Lightweight versions of websites without all the bloat
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HN comment orderWe need a Web again. A hypertext document browsing system. Update the basic elements like they should have been updated 20+ years ago (sortable tables seems like a no-brainer to include in base HTML, there's got to be a way to update frames so they suck less and fit 90+% of the legit uses of AJAXy page updates, improved form elements like you get in a real GUI toolkit, file upload with preview, and so on) but NO javascript, NO…
Sometimes, a little CSS and JS go a long way to help the users achieve their goals. Spartan websites can be hard to read. My own website uses more and more JavaScript, but it supports the main content. For example, a glossary bubble for German words, a table of content that highlights the current section, and calculators give you quicker answers. A few of the websites listed there might be lightweight, but many seem to offer a poor user experience…
How about http://multithreaded.link/ for the list? It's so light you can actually flip through full articles on the homepage!
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Every submission
| Date | Title as submitted | By | Points | Comments |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017-09-10 | Awesome-lite-websites – A list of lightweight websites without all the bloat | mdibaiee | 8 | 4 |
| 2018-07-30 | A list of lightweight [versions of] websites without all the bloat | thecosas | 2 | 0 |
| 2019-02-24 | Lightweight versions of websites without all the bloatFirst breakout · Best thread | pmarin | 184 | 96 |
| 2021-03-29 | A list of lightweight websites without all the bloat | ibraheemdev | 5 | 0 |
| 2022-02-24 | A list of lightweight websites without bloatLatest 20+ point return | ushakov | 123 | 35 |