A mews is the lane round the back where the stables were: - narrow, quiet, not on the way to anywhere. Small sites, plain words, - nothing watching.
- -Gemini, Spartan, the - IndieWeb and the small web got there - first, and they are right about the problem. But a calmer web doesn't really need - a new protocol and a client nobody has.
- -There was already a standard cut back on purpose: XHTML Mobile Profile - 1.2 aka. WAP 2.0 is strict XML with no frames and basic tables, because a 2008 - phone couldn't afford more. Mews takes out the scripts and styling too. The phones are still the excuse but this time the quiet is the point.
- -Authors provide structure. Readers control - presentation.
- -For viewing Mews pages in regular web browsers there is exactly one stylesheet, thirty-two colours and all, and you - don't write it: copy mews-0.1.css - onto your own site, link it, and leave it alone. Host your own copy rather - than linking this one.
- -Anyone can submit an address. The page is fetched, put through both of - the spec's checks, and listed at once if it passes. Nobody reviews it.
- -Listed sites are checked again every week, and one whose page stops - conforming is dropped. Submit the fixed page and it goes straight back in. - Being unreachable buys a few days first.
- -The checks say nothing about what a site publishes. Write to the - address below and a listing comes out.
- -A submission stores the address you gave, its domain, the findings, and - a salted hash of your IP address for the rate limits, resalted monthly. Raw - addresses are never stored.
- -Everything is deleted after ninety days. No cookies, nothing loaded - from anywhere else, and no analytics, which given the subject matter would - have been embarrassing.
- -So: write something. Link to a neighbour. Leave the light on.
- - trl(at)posteo(dot)net - - + ++ The web is a loud place now. Pages track you, shout at you, and weigh magnitudes more than the words they carry. +
++ A mews is the lane round the back where the stables were: narrow, quiet, not on the way to anywhere. Small sites, plain words, nothing watching. +
++ Obviously this isn't the first attempt to do so. The IndieWeb and the small web got there first, alternative protocols like Gemini, or Spartan solved it by going and building elsewhere and all of them are right. This project argues that more mellow and private web doesn't really need a new protocol that requires its own client. We already had it. +
++ There used to be a standard that was cut back on purpose: XHTML Mobile Profile 1.2 aka. WAP 2.0 is strict XML with no frames and basic tables, because a 2008 phone couldn't afford more. Let's take out the scripts and styling too! The phones are still the excuse but this time the quiet is the point. +
+Authors provide structure. Readers control presentation.
++ For viewing Mews pages in regular web browsers let's allow exactly one stylesheet, reduced colour palette, sane defaults, optimized for legibility, and you don't write it: host your own copy of mews-0.1.css on your own site and leave it alone. Dedicated reading apps let readers customize fonts and colours to suit their preferences, so they can enjoy your content in the way that works best for them. +
++ Anyone can submit an address. The page is fetched, put through both of the spec's checks, and listed at once if it passes. Nobody reviews it. +
++ Listed sites are checked again every week, and one whose page stops conforming is dropped. Submit the fixed page and it goes straight back in. Being unreachable buys a few days first. +
++ The checks say nothing about what a site publishes. Write to the address below and a listing comes out. +
++ A submission stores the address you gave, its domain, the findings, and a salted hash of your IP address for the rate limits, resalted monthly. Raw addresses are never stored. +
++ Everything is deleted after ninety days. No cookies, nothing loaded from anywhere else, and no analytics, which given the subject matter would have been embarrassing. +
+So: write something. Link to a neighbour. Leave the light on.
+ trl(at)posteo(dot)net + +