Is there a Lemmy server/way that doesn't require allowing javascript of a million other servers?

[Guest]

So, I am one of those old school types who mains with Firefox and Noscript. And also a filthy casual that just goes on lemmy.world. But half the images are broken because I'm expected to allow scripts on like 30+ sites to see most of the posts. I'm literally expected to allow /all/ the scripts from a domain just so I can see a dang picture behind the thumbnail. That's the entirety of the scripting needed. That seems ridiculous. Is there, I don't know, a server/way that makes it so I don't have to blanket allow all these scripts? To put it in meme form (not sure I'm doing it right, never seen the show): "It's an image of a banana Michael, what should it take, one Raspberry Pi running Docker?"

[shimitar@downonthestreet.eu]

I respect your choices, but I am afraid modern web is mostly JavaScript. Can you actually browse anything with noscript today?

[sintra@lemmy.world]

Unfortunately no. Lemmy is a web application. JavaScript is the only thing giving interactivity. Without it we'd load a whole new html page each time. Try middle clicking on image links to view them, should open a new tab. "It works on my machine" of course, but good luck though.

[asudox@lemmy.asudox.dev]

I think the old Lemmy alternative frontend supports no JS. But I'm not sure whether the dev is still actively maintaining it: https://github.com/rystaf/mlmym

[rimu@piefed.social]

Yes.

PieFed uses very minimal javascript (it 95% works with JS entirely disabled) and you can access all the same communities and posts.

Try it at https://piefed.social or any of these other instances - https://join.piefed.social/try

[naught101@lemmy.world]

Yes, you can.

[ashtear@lemm.ee]

Absolutely. The vast majority of my sites do just fine when whitelisting only the primary domain. I consider it an essential add-on myself.

Lemmy is one of the few that needs a little babysitting, and it's only for the purpose OP stated.

[flamingos@feddit.uk]

Use a native app like a mobile client or Blorp if you're on Mac?

[solrize@lemmy.ml]

I'm on lemmy.ml, it uses JS but it doesn't appear to load any from other domains. It serves images through a local proxy.

[mnmalst@lemmy.zip]

I use the https://vger.app/ app / front end on mobile AND desktop and as far as I can tell it tunnels the images through their servers, so this is as minimal as you can get in regards to extra requests.

[gedaliyah@lemmy.world]

This is available as old.lemmy.world

[blaze@piefed.social]

• https://old.lemmy.zip/
• https://oldsh.itjust.works/
• https://old.lemmy.ca/

[dragnucs@lemmy.ml]

Look for a desktop app.

[shimitar@downonthestreet.eu]

Good to know...
Is it a pleasant experience?

[shimitar@downonthestreet.eu]

Yes, I did

[trinsec@piefed.social]

Just curious, what's the 5% that doesn't work with JS disabled?

[rimu@piefed.social]

Voting, lol. Kinda important.

Dropdown menus. They're not really needed but life sucks without them.

Can't manually switch between dark and light mode (only automatically based on browser settings).

There's probably more but I haven't seriously tried to use PieFed for long without JS. Fundamentally it's built HTML and CSS first, with sprinkles of JS added on for funsies rather than the modern way of being all about JS.

[omegalemmy@discuss.online]

I don't think any exist

[foggy@lemmy.world]

Yesterday:

<nav script="dropdown.js" style="dropdown.css">
  <button onclick="toggleDropdown()">Menu</button>
</nav>

Today:

// index.js
import React from 'react';
import ReactDOM from 'react-dom';
import './global.css';
import App from './App';

ReactDOM.createRoot(document.getElementById('root')).render(<App />);

// App.jsx
import Dropdown from './components/Dropdown';
import './App.css';

export default function App() {
  return (
    <main>
      <Dropdown />
      <p>Hello, world!</p>
    </main>
  );
}

// components/Dropdown.jsx
import { useState } from 'react';
import styles from './Dropdown.module.css';
import ArrowIcon from '../assets/icons/ArrowIcon.jsx';

export default function Dropdown() {
  const [open, setOpen] = useState(false);
  return (
   <div className={styles.dropdown}>
      <button onClick={() => setOpen(!open)}>Menu <ArrowIcon /></button>
      {open && (
        <ul>
          <li>Option 1</li>
          <li>Option 2</li>
        </ul>
      )}
    </div>
  );
}

[bdonvr@thelemmy.club]

thelemmy.club

(old.thelemmy.club)

Unfortunately with Lemmy 1.0 MLMYM (the software used to provide this UI) will have to be shutdown, unless the MLMYM dev re-appears or someone forks and maintains it.