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@originaldotexe, @Doq is correct. As the decided standard cites frugal use of JavaScript (not none whatsoever), your site is fine. Go ahead and add it.
you could accomplish this with some very simple PHP include commands as well, which would move the overhead to the server instead of the client.
I like the idea, I just don't know how much I'm willing to sacrifice TLS for it. I've already got a handwritten site that should otherwise work perfectly fine on neocities, but they use TLS without giving the option to turn it off so it's not true Web 1.1. But I'm all for bloatless websites, given that 70+% of websites could just be static HTML with no side effects besides putting web designers out of work, and keep old hardware going for probably decades longer, even if said hardware isn't a 604.
I wouldn't mind experimenting on hosting a true W1.1 site on my G4, but I don't know how long I'd keep it up. I think cheap Pi or Arduino proxies are gonna be a more future proof solution all things considered. Still, I appreciate the effort and wouldn't mind joining in for the most uncontroversial of subjects, like video game reviews.
I wouldn't mind experimenting on hosting a true W1.1 site on my G4, but I don't know how long I'd keep it up. I think cheap Pi or Arduino proxies are gonna be a more future proof solution all things considered. Still, I appreciate the effort and wouldn't mind joining in for the most uncontroversial of subjects, like video game reviews.
Idea for the 1st post: It would be great to have some visual symbol next to the links that have been added recently, because when we revisit this post after some time, it's hard to tell if there's anything new going on since. Like in the old web, there used to be tiny bullets saying "new". There's an emoji that could do the same: ?
@Riku7 All new inclusions already get outlined in an accompanying update post (like this one), and the bottom-right corner of the Wiki also displays the last modification date for confirmation purposes.
I see your point, but in my opinion, "New" would add to visual clutter, and would probably become outdated relatively quickly as far as data goes.
If anyone else adds a site to the Wiki though, they're free to do so for a certain period of time.
I see your point, but in my opinion, "New" would add to visual clutter, and would probably become outdated relatively quickly as far as data goes.
If anyone else adds a site to the Wiki though, they're free to do so for a certain period of time.
That's my point though: a thread with lots of chat becomes quite difficult and time-consuming to stay on track of, as opposed to checking the initial post for "what's new, if any".
For the modification date to provide meaningful information, the reader has to know when they last looked at the thread. Many users are sporadic visitors, and each visit as an experience tends to feel the same no matter what time of year it is; At least I don't have any recollection of when I've last clicked a specific thread to read.
That was merely intended as an example of being a marker, to compare it to the familiar way that updates used to be communicated on old websites. Other means are available.
In theory, the simplest way to use such marker would be to mark the most recent addition as new, and remove the marking from what is no longer the newest addition (because it's hard to stay on track of the time how long ago the first markers appeared). Another one is to log the actual addition date.
Well, probably not. I'd classify KDX and Hotline as closer to internet communicators, which would be outside the scope of this thread.
What would be the best OS to use Oddball as a web server? OS X Server 10.4? 1.2? OS 9? It'd be mostly static with a handful of forms. I just bought enough RAM to max it out, so that's as little of a concern as it can possibly be for a 21 year old computer.
No, because TOR Browser is a fork of Firefox, and Firefox has IIRC never been developed for OS 9.
Would this mean a similar site as 68k.news but pulling the data off another news site, e.g., NPR, etc. using readability.php? Just curious
@tensixturtle Essentially, yes. In my opinion, something more like The Epoch Times would be ideal, though; NPR is also mainstream.
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As light as OS 9 is, I wouldn't recommend it as a server expected to run 24/7 as a app crash would bring to system to a halt... at least with OS X there is the ability to remote in and restart just the crashed app.
As much as I love these old machines, if you are paying for electricity, there's not much these could do (server-wise) that you couldn't do cheaper on a raspberry pi zero2...
You are undoubtedly correct. ame.lmao.rip is being run out of my homelab on a Raspberry Pi 3B+. Modern servers can very well serve vintage clients.
@lepidotós My apologies, I didn't mean to be polarizing. Perhaps AllSides would have been a better choice ...