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I wrote about it at https://shkspr.mobi/blog/2022/12/you-dont-need-html/

I tested with a bunch of browsers on mobile and desktop - some browsers forced a download of plain text and / or wouldn't render the characters properly.

Some browsers assume the server is lying and think they know best.



Thanks for the post :)

I am wondering: why do you use the obsolete <plaintext> instead of <pre>?

Why do you use the `ml` extension?

By the way, I noticed some issues in the page:

- trailing whitespaces

- mixed of spaces/tabs

- some wide characters such as ▽ seems to create aligning issues


> why do you use the obsolete <plaintext> instead of <pre>?

Because it is funny.

> Why do you use the `ml` extension?

Because it is funny. Also, it was free.

> By the way, I noticed some issues in the page:

The source is open. Feel free to correct those issues.




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