xyzzyyzzyx writes:
"Avantslash is touting a user hosted perl script that, if paired with any web browser with JavaScript, promises to shave crucial bytes off of the standard Slash-based experience, one of which is our very own SoylentNews. Audiences include those with very limited bandwidth, such as those in developing countries with only 2G mobile access or dialup."
(Score: 1) by Hell_Rok on Thursday March 13 2014, @12:02AM
I imagine you could do something similar with a browser extension.
You could detect the website the user is trying to go to, check if it has some sort of json/xml/etc api and display the data using local css and javascript.
(Score: 3, Insightful) by stderr on Thursday March 13 2014, @12:15AM
Browser extensions and mobile platforms don't always mix very well.
alias sudo="echo make it yourself #" #
(Score: 3, Informative) by Geotti on Thursday March 13 2014, @12:59AM
Sometimes, though, they do [saurik.com].
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Thursday March 13 2014, @06:25PM
It's only part about look and usability. A browser extension wouldn't address the part about slashing mobile download size. (and would load even slower with the extra processing being done locally)