I think this site/list is more fitting: https://textonly.website/
A small collection of text-only websites
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#12Offering a plain text version of your website may seem like a novel idea nowadays but I remember a time when pretty much every web page had a printer-friendly version with little to no formatting. I suppose printing web pages has become passé, that is unless you're printing a food recipe. Thanks for putting together this list, it would be nice to add a short summary next to each link.
I recall on the morning of September 11, 2001, CNN had to completely redesign their site into a text-only version (no images or videos) just to keep up with the strain. Slashdot.org was the only site I went to that was able to keep functioning as-is.
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#13Several years ago, I transitioned my Wordpress website to a static CSS/HTML only site, editing/updating it with vim and sftp https://chuck.is. Overall, it's been a fantastic learning experience doing everything manually (though I plan to automate more soon). I was inspired by http://bettermotherfuckingwebsite.com/
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#14Honorable mention: https://text.npr.org/ Not technically plaintext (in the MIME type sense), but still very lightweight, especially when compared to other news sites.
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#15Also there is gemini (real, not google's stolen name thing) and gopher. Gemini renders great on Cell Phones. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gemini_(protocol)
> real, not google's stolen name thing
I never knew Google invented the Zodiac.
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#16Offering a plain text version of your website may seem like a novel idea nowadays but I remember a time when pretty much every web page had a printer-friendly version with little to no formatting. I suppose printing web pages has become passé, that is unless you're printing a food recipe. Thanks for putting together this list, it would be nice to add a short summary next to each link.
I recall on the morning of September 11, 2001, CNN had to completely redesign their site into a text-only version (no images or videos) just to keep up with the strain. Slashdot.org was the only site I went to that was able to keep functioning as-is.
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#17On mobile, it's extremely hard to read, though.
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#19Honorable mention: https://text.npr.org/ Not technically plaintext (in the MIME type sense), but still very lightweight, especially when compared to other news sites.
Also: https://lite.cnn.com/
I read these two all the time. I wish nytimes.com came in a text version, I hate the move to video. I was raised on newspapers not mtv...
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#20Earlier quoted context omitted.
I recall on the morning of September 11, 2001, CNN had to completely redesign their site into a text-only version (no images or videos) just to keep up with the strain. Slashdot.org was the only site I went to that was able to keep functioning as-is.
https://lite.cnn.com/
I use this all the time. I wish every media outlet had the same.