Title: the mews Slug: index Description: A quiet corner of the web, built on a standard that was already cut back: XHTML Mobile Profile 1.2. # the mews [Directory](/directory) · [Get started](/quickstart) · [Specification](/spec/0.1) 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. The web needs more mews: small sites, plain words, nothing watching. The [IndieWeb](https://indieweb.org/), small web, and alternative protocols like [Gemini](https://geminiprotocol.net/) and [Spartan](https://portal.mozz.us/spartan/spartan.mozz.us/) already point the way. But a quieter, more private web doesn't need a new protocol. We already had one: *XHTML Mobile Profile 1.2* (*WAP 2.0*), built for phones too limited for a complex web. Also strip away scripts and styling, and an old constraint becomes the point: *quiet*. ## Get listed *The mews* is this idea turned into a [specification](/spec/0.1) and also a [directory](/directory) of sites that opted in. Anyone can [submit](/check) an address. The page is fetched, put through both of the spec's checks, and listed at once if it passes. Nobody reviews it. To get listed, publish a site that conforms to the doctype, avoids script tags, nested tables, divs, and other unsupported elements and only embeds the mews-0.1.css stylesheet. Validate and submit it [here](/check). Done. A quickstart guide on how to create content can be found on our [Get started](/quickstart) page. ## Get in touch Bug reports, arguments about the spec, and sites that ought to be listed and aren't, [mail me](mailto:trl(ät)posteo(punkt)net) or even better, send me a [smolmail](https://smol.place):
smol://randogoth@smol.place/olrtb3y4xr73w3gxgslejz4c6klgiawdu63ms2vm3nxekonqxk3a
So: write something. Link to a neighbour. Leave the light on. Repository