The unreasonable effectiveness of simple HTML

September 19, 2024

What vital information or services are forbidden to you due to being trapped in PDFs or horrendously complicated web sites?Are you developing public services? Or a system that people might access when they’re in desperate need of help? Plain HTML works. A small bit of simple CSS will make look decent. JavaScript is probably unnecessary – but can be used to progressively enhance stuff. Add alt text to images so people paying per MB can understand what the images are for (and, you know, accessibility).Go sit in an uncomfortable chair, in an uncomfortable location, and stare at an uncomfortably small screen with an uncomfortably outdated web browser. How easy is it to use the websites you’ve created?

Source: The unreasonable effectiveness of simple HTML – Terence Eden’s Blog

A simple powerful story about the importance of an accessible web.