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jedahan on March 13, 2013 | parent | context | favorite | on: Lousy web design trends that are making a comeback...

I like to think they are trying to preserve the spirit of being able to right click->view source and learn a thing or two. Geocities + view source did spark early interest for myself in coding.

Maybe sourcemaps will help with that in the future.

networked on March 13, 2013 | [–]

Source maps in JavaScript are a cool idea. More people should know about them [1][2].

[1] See, e.g., http://www.html5rocks.com/en/tutorials/developertools/source...

[2] ...or http://net.tutsplus.com/tutorials/tools-and-tips/source-maps....

robmcm on March 13, 2013 | | [–]

Perhaps adding a commented link in a minified file to a full version? Wouldn't be hard to automate.

ChrisLTD on March 13, 2013 | | [–]

I've added that to a site I'm about to launch. Seems like a good compromise.

joonix on March 13, 2013 | [–]

Geocities view-sourcing. Thanks for taking me back.

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