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How were they simpler?


You only needed to learn some HTML. There was no CSS, no JS, server-side rendering was non-existent or limited to some very specific features provided by your host (visitor counters were popular, maybe even a guestbook where visitors could leave a message if you wanted to get fancy!).


  $EDITOR index.html


What's stopping you doing that in 2022?

That's how I wrote my homepage

https://lewiscampbell.tech


Seriously?

Your home page clearly uses CSS and judging by how it jerks around when I scroll there is plenty of JS too.


> Your home page clearly uses CSS

where did they claim they didnt use CSS? CSS can be handwritten too.

> and judging by how it jerks around when I scroll there is plenty of JS too.

Maybe be less judgemental and more looking at facts then, because there isn't.


> You only needed to learn some HTML. There was no CSS, no JS…

The page linked in response is mostly CSS, and (I just went to a laptops to check) the first few lines are javascript google tags.

I think the original point was supposed to be that websites used to be just content wrapped in some simple HTML, which was easy to learn. But now the level of complexity is higher and so is the barrier to entry. I agree with this point.

So when someone replied saying “what’s stopping you from [building simple HTML sites] in 2022, thats what I did”, I was confused to see a site that included JS and was mostly CSS. Because it was seemingly trying to contradict a point about no CSS and JS. Honestly it feels like spam.

Its tangental, but I agree the source seems hand written and seems to have a well done minimalist approach, which is respectable. I regret the negative tone to my original response.


> > You only needed to learn some HTML. There was no CSS, no JS…

> The page linked in response [...]

The page was not linked in response. It was a sibling comment.


Your home page clearly uses CSS

It does use CSS, but most of it is inline. $EDITOR index.html, as you say :)

judging by how it jerks around when I scroll there is plenty of JS too.

There's no JS save GA, but I appreciate the heads up.

If you could give details on what setup you saw jerky scrolling on - screen size, OS, browser, zoom level - I'd be much obliged.


Looks smooth to me on an iPhone. Nice site, does the job.


Thanks :)




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