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>If you're seeing this message, that means JavaScript has been disabled on your browser, please enable JS to make Imgur work. But why would I need javascript t

>If you're seeing this message, that means JavaScript has been disabled on your browser, please enable JS to make Imgur work. But why would I need javascript to view a JPG?

arcanemachiner 3y ago
1. Because their design is bad. 2. Because the number of people who disable JavaScript is a rounding error.
- superkuh 3y ago
  Reddit's image hosting implemented blocking direct linking to image files and started substituting an HTML-ish page like imgur does a few months back. After much complaint they actually fixed it so that the image in the hijacked URL's HTML is a real image tag (<img src="ht..) with a real URL to the image file. For a while it had been a javascript defined custom html element (web components) instead of an <img>. So at least they did that right. imgur has been failing hard at this for ~5+ years.
- sublinear 3y ago
  Their design is to control how the uploaded images are accessed and minimize the load on the backend. They don't want hotlinking so the image data doesn't have a permanent url. They only want the backend to be responsible for sending image data. This then requires an image viewer written in javascript. This is not a bad design. This is fulfilling business requirements successfully and efficiently. EDIT: efficient for the business not for your browser
  - Amezarak 3y ago
    It doesn't just require Javascript to load the image, it requires Javascript from 13 different domains (thanks, NoScript.) - imgur.com - btloader.com - ccgateway.net - cloudflare - facebook - google analytics - media-lab.ai - sascdn.com - scorecardresearch - stretchsquirrel - amazon adsystem - assembly exchange - run.app 3 of these, imgur, cloudflare, and medialab appear to be the minimum to load the image, and also seems to make everything on the page work (upvoting, commenting, etc.) I don't think it's efficiency even on their end they're looking for, its tracking and revenue maximization. Which is the reason I block Javascript. EDIT: actually it seems like you just need imgur and medialab unblocked, so just 2 of the 13.
    - sublinear 3y ago
      > I don't think it's efficiency even on their end they're looking for, its tracking and revenue maximization. These are not mutually exclusive. In fact both these things are the whole point. > EDIT: actually it seems like you just need imgur and medialab unblocked, so just 2 of the 13. Yeah exactly.
3np 3y ago
You don't. https://rimgo.pussthecat.org/3yEJ4oX.jpg https://rimgo.pussthecat.org/3yEJ4oX.jpg https://codeberg.org/video-prize-ranch/rimgo https://codeberg.org/video-prize-ranch/rimgo

>If you're seeing this message, that means JavaScript has been disabled on your browser, please enable JS to make Imgur work. But why would I need javascript to view a JPG?

arcanemachiner 3y ago

1. Because their design is bad. 2. Because the number of people who disable JavaScript is a rounding error.

superkuh 3y ago
Reddit's image hosting implemented blocking direct linking to image files and started substituting an HTML-ish page like imgur does a few months back. After much complaint they actually fixed it so that the image in the hijacked URL's HTML is a real image tag (<img src="ht..) with a real URL to the image file. For a while it had been a javascript defined custom html element (web components) instead of an <img>. So at least they did that right. imgur has been failing hard at this for ~5+ years.
sublinear 3y ago
Their design is to control how the uploaded images are accessed and minimize the load on the backend. They don't want hotlinking so the image data doesn't have a permanent url. They only want the backend to be responsible for sending image data. This then requires an image viewer written in javascript. This is not a bad design. This is fulfilling business requirements successfully and efficiently. EDIT: efficient for the business not for your browser
- Amezarak 3y ago
  It doesn't just require Javascript to load the image, it requires Javascript from 13 different domains (thanks, NoScript.) - imgur.com - btloader.com - ccgateway.net - cloudflare - facebook - google analytics - media-lab.ai - sascdn.com - scorecardresearch - stretchsquirrel - amazon adsystem - assembly exchange - run.app 3 of these, imgur, cloudflare, and medialab appear to be the minimum to load the image, and also seems to make everything on the page work (upvoting, commenting, etc.) I don't think it's efficiency even on their end they're looking for, its tracking and revenue maximization. Which is the reason I block Javascript. EDIT: actually it seems like you just need imgur and medialab unblocked, so just 2 of the 13.
  - sublinear 3y ago
    > I don't think it's efficiency even on their end they're looking for, its tracking and revenue maximization. These are not mutually exclusive. In fact both these things are the whole point. > EDIT: actually it seems like you just need imgur and medialab unblocked, so just 2 of the 13. Yeah exactly.

3np 3y ago

You don't. https://rimgo.pussthecat.org/3yEJ4oX.jpg https://rimgo.pussthecat.org/3yEJ4oX.jpg https://codeberg.org/video-prize-ranch/rimgo https://codeberg.org/video-prize-ranch/rimgo