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Add bit about alt-text, clarify page size

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@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ This is a "living document" that I add to as I receive feedback.
I realize not everybody's going to ditch the Web and switch to Gemini or Gopher today (that'll take, like, a month at the longest). Until that happens, here's a non-exhaustive, highly-opinionated list of best practices for websites that focus primarily on text:
* Final page weight under 50kb without images, and under 200kb with images.
* Final page weight under 50kb without images, and under 200kb with images. Page weight should usually be much smaller; these are upper-bounds for exceptional cases.
* Works in Lynx, w3m, links (both graphics and text mode), Netsurf, and Dillo
* Works with popular article-extractors (e.g. Readability) and HTML-to-Markdown converters. This is a good way to verify that your site uses simple HTML and works with most non-browser article readers (e.g. ebook converters, PDF exports).
* No scripts or interactivity (preferably enforced at the CSP level)
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* Server configured to support compression (gzip, optionally zstd as well). It's a free speed boost.
* Supports dark mode via a CSS media feature and/or works with most "dark mode" browser addons. More on this below.
* A good score on Mozilla's HTTP Observatory
* Optimized images. More on this below.
* Optimized images. More on image optimization below.
* All images labeled with alt-text. The page should make sense without images.
* Maybe HTTP/2. There are some cases in which HTTP/2 can make things slower. Run some tests to find out.
=> https://observatory.mozilla.org/ HTTP Observatory

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@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ I realize not everybody's going to ditch the Web and switch to Gemini or Gopher
non-exhaustive, highly-opinionated list of best practices for websites that focus
primarily on text:
- Final page weight under 50kb without images, and under 200kb with images.
- Final page weight under 50kb without images, and under 200kb with images. Page weight should usually be much smaller; these are upper-bounds for exceptional cases.
- Works in Lynx, w3m, links (both graphics and text mode), Netsurf, and Dillo
- Works with popular article-extractors (e.g. Readability) and HTML-to-Markdown
converters. This is a good way to verify that your site uses simple HTML and works
@ -45,7 +45,8 @@ primarily on text:
- Supports dark mode via a CSS media feature and/or works with most "dark mode"
browser addons. More on this below.
- A good score on Mozilla's [HTTP Observatory](https://observatory.mozilla.org/)
- Optimized images.
- Optimized images. More on image optimization below.
- All images labeled with alt-text. The page should make sense without images.
- Maybe HTTP/2. There are some cases in which HTTP/2 can make things slower. Run some
tests to find out.