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IANAE, but it seems like the "The web is for transfer of information" and "The web is for applications" ideas should be split into two separate domains. I shouldn't need an OS in order to read HN or browse a text based site.

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Yeah, I'm thinking more and more the same, I'm beginning to think we need a dual function web.

Static web, and run as an app web.

I kinda have this by running with javascript off (this solves all sorts of other issues, though much of the web doesn't work that could work.) When I need to 'run as app' I allow js for that one visit.

That's what I do on most machines I use, but it just feels kinda wrong to not only have to use a bloated app, but also install add-ons to said app, when I just want to read some text

This is probably just me being picky though.

Smart comments. I don't think you're being picky. I'm kinda shocked that this is the only thread about reading because that's what I think is wrong with the web: It's not good for reading. I'm 4 years into co-founding a startup that's solving this problem.

Making the internet more useful in the area of concise to the point information without sidetracks would be a big improvement. How is your startup approaching the reading problem on the web?

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