What makes you say the web was supposed to be about content-delivery? Gopher was about content-delivery. I don't see how you can make the same claim for http/html.
I'm not saying the web is great or anything, but it's a little funny to me that people on a site for "hackers" are afraid to get their hands a little dirty. Yes, the web was shorted sight (what technology isn't?) but to me the fact that we're able to use it as an application-delivery system is something to awe at not complain about.
I'm not saying the web is great or anything, but it's a little funny to me that people on a site for "hackers" are afraid to get their hands a little dirty. Yes, the web was shorted sight (what technology isn't?) but to me the fact that we're able to use it as an application-delivery system is something to awe at not complain about.