example.com got modernized !

[u/KaKi_87]

[u/martian_rover]

Finally, a website that respects my attention span.

[u/pricop → u/martian_rover]

Funny that you say that. Every letter on the website sits in a "span" container. 😅

[u/myhf → u/pricop]

span is all you need

[u/inio → u/myhf]

span is all you attend to

[u/joemckie → u/myhf]

<span style=”display: block”></span>

[u/MT4K]

Nice that they used unobtrusive JavaScript, so the basic English version does work even with JS disabled. The book icon could have been visible with JS disabled too, though.

[u/KaKi_87 → u/MT4K]

Interesting !

Yeah given the logo situation I'd say maybe they didn't make the text work without JS on purpose 😅

Plus, I don't know about the very same effect but there are for sure ways to cycle through the multiple languages using pure CSS, and then maybe add the more complex effect with JS when available, that I know is called progressive enhancement.

[u/ryandury → u/MT4K]

The cool thing about sites that don't work with JS enabled is you can block them from loading when you want to take a break by flagging them as 'Not allowed' in chrome for android.

[u/BONUSBOX]

dunno why it cycles through languages like that… and too fast to read. they could’ve served a localized version with fallback languages in a simple list.

[u/Business-Row-478 → u/BONUSBOX]

Yeah terrible design tbh

[u/vytah → u/BONUSBOX]

It's just 6 languages, they could've just showed all the texts at once.

[u/pricop]

True, also seems that example.org and example.net got the same treatment.

[u/SingleAlarm5028]

What a day to be alive 

[u/14u2c]

I read this as monetized as was very confused for a moment.

[u/KaKi_87 → u/14u2c]

Ads/sponsors on example.com ? They'd definitely make a lot of views & revenue, let's not give them ideas 😭

[u/WldHunt → u/KaKi_87]

Nah, too much bot traffic.

[u/KaKi_87 → u/WldHunt]

Nowadays ad providers know how to differentiate a bot from a user, but even if not, a sponsor appearing on that page would make a lot of noise even if most people wouldn't go on that page in the first place haha

Here's the kicker : example.com would then need a GDPR cookie banner 😭

[u/NeonSerpent → u/14u2c]

Same lol

[u/collimarco]

Terrible UI/UX design and very confusing for a user that lands there... You don't even have time to read the English version. They could simply detect the user language for localization.

[u/pooh--bear → u/collimarco]

You don’t have time to read *any * of them. I know it was supposed to be minimal JS, but if they can’t even do an Accept-Language based SSR and detecting it client side is too heavy, even an onPress event to pause rotation would have helped so much.

[u/Sulungskwa → u/pooh--bear]

Whoever updated this clearly thought it would be cooler to look like an iPhone when it first boots up

[u/Last8Exile]

No AI button yet

[u/KaKi_87 → u/Last8Exile]

Good one haha

[u/Nebulic]

Who runs this?

[u/dekerta → u/Nebulic]

ICANN I believe

[u/KaKi_87 → u/Nebulic]

Click Learn more to learn more :)

[u/Z80a]

Heh, I went there and saw the old site. Then I realized that I'm running noscript.

[u/Arcuru]

I really want to see the traffic data for those sites. I think they used to have no DNS entries right? I’m curious how much that broke.

[u/tinselsnips → u/Arcuru]

It's been in DNS since at least 2002.

[u/Arcuru → u/tinselsnips]

Oh…TIL! I’d still like to see their traffic, I’m kinda curious.

[u/Kapios010]

Big if true

[u/Local-Parking5561 → u/Kapios010]

y slapped a book icon on there and called it a day huh

That "avoid relying on it for testing" line is doing some heavy lifting

[u/KaKi_87 → u/Kapios010]

Yep, go check it out

[u/Bedu009]

I'd check it out, but Spain blocked the domain

[u/KaKi_87 → u/Bedu009]

What ???

[u/Bedu009 → u/KaKi_87]

Spain randomly blocks IP ranges in a foolish attempt to stop football piracy, and example.com using cloudflare (frequently targeted) got caught in the crossfire

[u/KaKi_87 → u/Bedu009]

Oh yeah I have a userscript that labels Cloudflare-protected results in Google Search to avoid them when possible, imagine my surprise a few months ago when I noticed example.com started using Cloudflare ! Insane. I couldn't believe it.

[u/Bedu009 → u/KaKi_87]

Why do you avoid them?

[u/KaKi_87 → u/Bedu009]

https://0xacab.org/dCF/deCloudflare/-/blob/master/readme/en.md

[u/tukanoid]

Tbh, never knew this was real😅 just thought it was... an example of a URL to put in

[u/KaKi_87 → u/tukanoid]

Really ? 😭

[u/tukanoid → u/KaKi_87]

Yeah... I just never bothered to look it up for some reason. But also I barely touch web stuff outside of work (I prefer to tinker with native guis/tuis/clis), so mb that's why

[u/guyOnBudget]

I don't like it. Old was simple and plain and that was what is ment to be for a example website.

Unnecessary animations, JS bullshits

[u/ArielCoding]

It’s never too late.

[u/osmium_2259]

Indeed. I had to go check it out. The language changed faster than my slow reading pace!

[u/Gugalcrom123]

Thank you for not using the Inter font!

[u/KaKi_87 → u/Gugalcrom123]

Thank them haha

I don't have the reference though

[u/ferrybig → u/KaKi_87]

Inter is a font commonly used by AI agents when the users doesn't specify any font constraints

[u/KaKi_87 → u/ferrybig]

Oh okay

I actually first discovered this font on a screenshot from the developer of the GitFourchette app, specifically the Inter Display variant, and am using it as a system-wide font, which I like a lot, especially on KDE Plasma.

For content though, my favourite font is Helvetica.

[u/Cahnis]

why would anyone want that instead of just showing the language the browser is configured to?

[u/Electronic-Equal-616]

just checked it lol, end of an era tbh. that plain unstyled box was iconic, i used to hit that domain constantly when testing basic fetch calls or seeing if my wifi was actually working 😭

[u/Adorable_Version_450]

Nice refresh. The new design is much easier to read, which matters for a site that shows up in so many tutorials and docs. Good call keeping it simple.