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0 pointszelphirkalt7mo ago0 comments

> Given that even newspaper websites are now built as applications, we should accept that [...]

So because some websites do shitty things, we should all throw out the standard way of displaying information on the web? Guide me through that line of reasoning. Why are newspaper websites, out of all the websites, the ones which should determine how we do things?

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lmm7mo ago

> Why are newspaper websites, out of all the websites, the ones which should determine how we do things?

My point is that if there was any category of websites for which a "document" model would work, it would be newspaper websites. When even those take an "application" approach, it's time to admit that the "document" model is a failure.

krapp7mo ago

There is no "document" or "application" model, the distinction is mostly just vibes.

News sites are meant to be read, therefore they are "documents." They are also applications, because all websites, even static ones, are also applications. Once you add hyperlinks and external resources, it ceases to be purely a document.

Adding a script tag to an HTML page doesn't transform it from one to the other.

lmm7mo ago

Agree that it's all vibes-based, but look at how the newspapers understand their own sites - in particular, what they consider to be an "article", how they edit those articles, and the pipeline from that to the article being rendered in the end user's browser.

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0 pointszelphirkalt7mo ago0 comments

> Given that even newspaper websites are now built as applications, we should accept that [...]

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lmm7mo ago

> Why are newspaper websites, out of all the websites, the ones which should determine how we do things?

krapp7mo ago

There is no "document" or "application" model, the distinction is mostly just vibes.

Adding a script tag to an HTML page doesn't transform it from one to the other.

lmm7mo ago

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