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Filtering the web

2026-06-20

A browser that says no

To me the problem with the smolweb is that there's isn't a browser that applies these rules. Dillo comes close, even though it needs a makeover.

Dillo also has an rdrview plugin, but you have to manually write rdrview: in front of the url in the url bar of every page to see the results.

A better solution would be a smolweb plugin that filters the entire html page rejecting anything that doesn't validate or pass to rdrview . Degrees of acceptance could be set in settings.

A dedicated browser wouldn't require searching for smolweb / smallweb / indieweb blogs, sites, or articles. (There seems to be no such thing as a smolweb search engine, although points for wiby, marginalia, kagi and mojeek).

Just point the browser to any web site and if it borks, display the "errors" or ignore it with a 418 I'm a teapot error: after all it's the web site author's responsibility to provide clean, readable web sites.

Imagine a world where this plugin would be as ubiquitous as ublock-origin, it could even change web site development.