Asshole Design (web edition)

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Similar to an “Asshole Design” gripe fest but with a specific focus on #enshitified websites. It’s also a discussion on how to improve your web UX.

crappy design candidates are also welcome here (we just call the community asshole design because that’s the most common scenario)
discussion of defense practices is encouraged - we are broader than just registering gripes. In fact, hopefully self-defense tips is the most common theme of the threads

Share your strategies for how to deshitify the web here!

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how should we supplement URLs with more info to improve UX? (infosec.pub)

submitted 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago) by coffeeClean@infosec.pub to c/assholedesign_web@infosec.pub

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Suppose I want to share a link that works well in a text browser like lynx, or in a GUI browser with domain-specific javascript enabled and the rest disabled, and images disabled.

How do you do that? There is no format specification for this. The best you can do is write a paragraph telling users how to visit the link.

So the question is, why don’t we create a superset of the URL specification to include variables that deshitifies the page being visited and includes warnings for various anti-features?

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