Could you elaborate on “that direction” maybe?
On some level I read this as something that Tim Ferris promotes in his 4-Hour Workweek…
…on the other hand, it seems like some kind of aversion therapy “ugly-fying” web pages… you say yourself “The end result is that the Web looks pretty bad by default”.
I’m curious… is “that direction” something to do with efficiency, etc. or is it going in the direction of vi as a word processor, pine for email, and lynx for internet browsing? I mean in terms of pure functionalism, those three on a GUI-free OpenBSD or what-have-you could be a nice setup… taken to the extreme: no mouse, dvorak keyboard, and a monochrome display. I mean if that is the ultimate goal…
Not trying to be funny with the last statement either, really would like to understand your motivation to go “that direction.”