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There should be an extension that automatically redirects common websites to their lite versions. reddit.com -> old.reddit.com facebook.com -> mbasic.facebook

There should be an extension that automatically redirects common websites to their lite versions. reddit.com -> old.reddit.com facebook.com -> mbasic.facebook.com cnn.com -> lite.cnn.com npr.org -> text.npr.org twitter.com -> twitter.com (with JS disabled) gmail.com -> gmail.com (HTML version)

wasdfff 7y ago
There’s a couple for reddit at least. For some of the others you can get by with a bookmark, so typing facebook would take you to your mobile site bookmark.
NullPrefix 7y ago
>gmail.com -> gmail.com (HTML version) gmail used to have an option to set HTML as default, but it seems like it's gone. Only way to get HTML is to click on a link that's available during loading, nothing in the settings to make it permanent.
- Wowfunhappy 7y ago
  You can definitely make it permanent, it's permanent on my account. Can't remember what I did now...
  - NullPrefix 7y ago
    Generate enough outcry on social media?
- forsakenharmony 7y ago
  After you've clicked on it, there's a bar at the top with an option to "Set basic HTML as default view"
  - NullPrefix 7y ago
    s/there's/there was/ It's gone. That's why I'm posting about it.
    - sus_007 7y ago
      It still displays "Load basic HTML (for slow connections)" at the right bottom section of the loading page. :/
      - NullPrefix 7y ago
        Yes it does. Like I said in my first comment, I have to click it every time I load gmail, because "Set basic HTML as default view" is gone.
        deleted 7y ago
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- waterhouse 7y ago
  Just use this as your bookmark: https://mail.google.com/mail/u/0/h/ https://mail.google.com/mail/u/0/h/
  - NullPrefix 7y ago
    Thanks. This actually works.
  - longtom 7y ago
    For anyone interested, I just put together a userscript with some rudimentary key assignments for the Basic HTML version of Gmail: https://pastebin.com/raw/kHyZXcTY https://pastebin.com/raw/kHyZXcTY gi Go to inbox gk Go to first label inbox t Toggle checkbox of current mail mr Mark checked mails as read mu Mark checked mails as unread k Navigate up in mail list (shift twice as fast) j Navigate down in mail list h Go to older mail(s) l Go to newer mail(s) Enter Open mail r Reload b Back n New mail
    - sundarurfriend 7y ago
      Thanks a lot! This was the only thing I missed from the JS version, but it wasn't worth the slowdown/heaviness that that version brought with it. Now this gives me the best of both worlds.
      - longtom 7y ago
        Thanks. I just noticed a bug though: You can enter the search field by moving all the way to the top pressing arrow up or k. And then you can defocus the search field by pressing escape. This works now and I posted it on GreaseFork. https://greasyfork.org/en/scripts/389680-google-mail-gmail-basic-html-version-keyboard-shortcuts https://greasyfork.org/en/scripts/389680-google-mail-gmail-b...
boring_twenties 7y ago
Twitter is barely usable with JS disabled. Any time you follow a link to it you'll get a worthless interstitial "would you like to proceed to legacy twitter??" with only one button: "Yes." As of recently, if you have cookies disabled for their domain as well you'll end up in a redirect loop and never be able to see the 140 characters of text. *As for reddit though, if you log in with an account you can set it to always use old reddit in preferences.
- dredmorbius 7y ago
  No, you can set "Use new Reddit as my default experience ". At the bottom of the page, "beta options". https://old.reddit.com/prefs/ https://old.reddit.com/prefs/ There is no "always use old reddit"
  - boring_twenties 7y ago
    Hmm, it always shows me old reddit when I log in. I just tried logging out, got new reddit, then old reddit again as soon as I logged back in. Are you saying you have that checkbox you pointed out unchecked, and still get new reddit by default?
    - dredmorbius 7y ago
      I navigate directly to old Reddit. However if links within Reddit (in comments, sidebars, wikis) specify the full domain, I end up at new reddit. I basically never ever want to be there. I've specifically not enabled JS for 'www.reddit.com' so that the site won't load, but I still have to fix URLs manually when directed there. What I'd like is for any 'www.reddit.com' I encounter on the site to be rewritten to 'old.reddit.com'.
      - ttctciyf 7y ago
        I log in to www.reddit.com, and have the "use new reddit" box unchecked. Anytime I click a link to reddit (including np.reddit links) it honours my preference of avoiding new reddit (checked just now by a quick reddit search on site:reddit.com) So maybe this is a misfeature on old.reddit.com, or you don't have the box unchecked?
peruvian 7y ago
Funny thing is that I'm pretty sure CNN Lite is a server-rendered React app, or was at some point.
wtallis 7y ago
On Firefox I use Redirector: http://einaregilsson.com/redirector/ http://einaregilsson.com/redirector/ I have it set up to handle Reddit and Wikipedia. News sites and Twitter don't get to run JS thanks to NoScript, so I usually don't have to do anything extra to get a lightweight experience there.
- waterhouse 7y ago
  +1 for Redirector. I eventually got sufficiently sick of www.reddit.com that I searched for solutions and ultimately chose Redirector to replace it with old.reddit.com. It lets you use either a "wildcard" or a "regex"-type match; I chose the former, and this is what I've been running: Redirect: *//www.reddit.com/* to: $1//old.reddit.com/$2
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siruncledrew 7y ago
Switcheroo Redirector for Chrome has worked for me to redirect amazon.com links to smile.amazon.com
Nition 7y ago
reddit.com -> old.reddit.com -> i.reddit.com
ttctciyf 7y ago
Well volunteered! You can add: * amp link -> non-amp version of same link while you're at it, please!

wasdfff 7y ago

There’s a couple for reddit at least. For some of the others you can get by with a bookmark, so typing facebook would take you to your mobile site bookmark.

NullPrefix 7y ago

>gmail.com -> gmail.com (HTML version) gmail used to have an option to set HTML as default, but it seems like it's gone. Only way to get HTML is to click on a link that's available during loading, nothing in the settings to make it permanent.

Wowfunhappy 7y ago
You can definitely make it permanent, it's permanent on my account. Can't remember what I did now...
- NullPrefix 7y ago
  Generate enough outcry on social media?
forsakenharmony 7y ago
After you've clicked on it, there's a bar at the top with an option to "Set basic HTML as default view"
- NullPrefix 7y ago
  s/there's/there was/ It's gone. That's why I'm posting about it.
  - sus_007 7y ago
    It still displays "Load basic HTML (for slow connections)" at the right bottom section of the loading page. :/
    - NullPrefix 7y ago
      Yes it does. Like I said in my first comment, I have to click it every time I load gmail, because "Set basic HTML as default view" is gone.
      - deleted 7y ago
        [deleted]
waterhouse 7y ago
Just use this as your bookmark: https://mail.google.com/mail/u/0/h/ https://mail.google.com/mail/u/0/h/
- NullPrefix 7y ago
  Thanks. This actually works.
- longtom 7y ago
  For anyone interested, I just put together a userscript with some rudimentary key assignments for the Basic HTML version of Gmail: https://pastebin.com/raw/kHyZXcTY https://pastebin.com/raw/kHyZXcTY gi Go to inbox gk Go to first label inbox t Toggle checkbox of current mail mr Mark checked mails as read mu Mark checked mails as unread k Navigate up in mail list (shift twice as fast) j Navigate down in mail list h Go to older mail(s) l Go to newer mail(s) Enter Open mail r Reload b Back n New mail
  - sundarurfriend 7y ago
    Thanks a lot! This was the only thing I missed from the JS version, but it wasn't worth the slowdown/heaviness that that version brought with it. Now this gives me the best of both worlds.
    - longtom 7y ago
      Thanks. I just noticed a bug though: You can enter the search field by moving all the way to the top pressing arrow up or k. And then you can defocus the search field by pressing escape. This works now and I posted it on GreaseFork. https://greasyfork.org/en/scripts/389680-google-mail-gmail-basic-html-version-keyboard-shortcuts https://greasyfork.org/en/scripts/389680-google-mail-gmail-b...

boring_twenties 7y ago

Twitter is barely usable with JS disabled. Any time you follow a link to it you'll get a worthless interstitial "would you like to proceed to legacy twitter??" with only one button: "Yes." As of recently, if you have cookies disabled for their domain as well you'll end up in a redirect loop and never be able to see the 140 characters of text. *As for reddit though, if you log in with an account you can set it to always use old reddit in preferences.

dredmorbius 7y ago
No, you can set "Use new Reddit as my default experience ". At the bottom of the page, "beta options". https://old.reddit.com/prefs/ https://old.reddit.com/prefs/ There is no "always use old reddit"
- boring_twenties 7y ago
  Hmm, it always shows me old reddit when I log in. I just tried logging out, got new reddit, then old reddit again as soon as I logged back in. Are you saying you have that checkbox you pointed out unchecked, and still get new reddit by default?
  - dredmorbius 7y ago
    I navigate directly to old Reddit. However if links within Reddit (in comments, sidebars, wikis) specify the full domain, I end up at new reddit. I basically never ever want to be there. I've specifically not enabled JS for 'www.reddit.com' so that the site won't load, but I still have to fix URLs manually when directed there. What I'd like is for any 'www.reddit.com' I encounter on the site to be rewritten to 'old.reddit.com'.
    - ttctciyf 7y ago
      I log in to www.reddit.com, and have the "use new reddit" box unchecked. Anytime I click a link to reddit (including np.reddit links) it honours my preference of avoiding new reddit (checked just now by a quick reddit search on site:reddit.com) So maybe this is a misfeature on old.reddit.com, or you don't have the box unchecked?

peruvian 7y ago

Funny thing is that I'm pretty sure CNN Lite is a server-rendered React app, or was at some point.

wtallis 7y ago

On Firefox I use Redirector: http://einaregilsson.com/redirector/ http://einaregilsson.com/redirector/ I have it set up to handle Reddit and Wikipedia. News sites and Twitter don't get to run JS thanks to NoScript, so I usually don't have to do anything extra to get a lightweight experience there.

waterhouse 7y ago
+1 for Redirector. I eventually got sufficiently sick of www.reddit.com that I searched for solutions and ultimately chose Redirector to replace it with old.reddit.com. It lets you use either a "wildcard" or a "regex"-type match; I chose the former, and this is what I've been running: Redirect: *//www.reddit.com/* to: $1//old.reddit.com/$2

deleted 7y ago

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siruncledrew 7y ago

Switcheroo Redirector for Chrome has worked for me to redirect amazon.com links to smile.amazon.com

Nition 7y ago

reddit.com -> old.reddit.com -> i.reddit.com

ttctciyf 7y ago

Well volunteered! You can add: * amp link -> non-amp version of same link while you're at it, please!