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Instagram has a web version, and the ability to HTML embed instagram posts, so it seems likely that this will have a web version.

keyle 3y ago
Have you tried to use the instagram web version though? It used to be better, getting incrementally worse on purpose every "redesign". It's borderline web hostile.
thrdbndndn 3y ago
Instagram's web version has a serious bug that when you scroll down fast enough, it constantly loads the same content again and again. This bug has been there for months and basically renders it unusable.
- tech234a 3y ago
  Another bug I've had several times on the web version is that when I open the account privacy settings page the "Private account" checkbox will load for a few seconds and then change my account from private to public. Quite annoying especially since that also approves all pending following requests. I don't know if they fixed in the last few months but I'm kind of afraid to check.
- pcchristie 3y ago
  I wondered if this was just me because I use Opera. It's awful.
  - sgt 3y ago
    Same in latest Chrome.
- renewedrebecca 3y ago
  To get around it, actually grab the scrollbar with your mouse until you see new content. Scrolling will work again work a while then.
robswc 3y ago
>Instagram has a web version The web version is downright awful. Maybe given this is a greenfield project, it won't meet the same fate... but yea. The "web version" of instagram is basically here's a 4x scaled version of the app without much regard to a desktop UI/UX.
- aeyes 3y ago
  4x scaled? On my machine the web version is tiiiiny. Even when we had 800x600 screen resolution websites showed more content than Instagram. It also shows signup takeovers after clicking 2 links so without some sort of scraping proxy like Nitter it will be just as useless as Twitter if you only want to follow from the outside.
  - saurik 3y ago
    I feel like I'm at risk of blowing both of your minds here, but you can change the size of the website by just scaling it in your browser to exactly the size you want, likely using ctrl-+/- (maybe cmd).
    - stefncb 3y ago
      The point is that the content density is abysmal and you can't change that with C-+.
      - robswc 3y ago
        For sure. I've tried it (not that I had to go on there often) but it doesn't really help. It will just make _everything_ tiny and weird, lol.
- Biganon 3y ago
  And let's not forget, you cannot post content from the web version, unless you resize the window to make it small enough. Sometimes I wonder if they make their products absolute shit on purpose, for a social experiment or something
timeon 3y ago
At least one can see some content on Instagram web while not logged in. If Tweet is no embedded one is out of luck.

keyle 3y ago

Have you tried to use the instagram web version though? It used to be better, getting incrementally worse on purpose every "redesign". It's borderline web hostile.

thrdbndndn 3y ago

Instagram's web version has a serious bug that when you scroll down fast enough, it constantly loads the same content again and again. This bug has been there for months and basically renders it unusable.

tech234a 3y ago
Another bug I've had several times on the web version is that when I open the account privacy settings page the "Private account" checkbox will load for a few seconds and then change my account from private to public. Quite annoying especially since that also approves all pending following requests. I don't know if they fixed in the last few months but I'm kind of afraid to check.
pcchristie 3y ago
I wondered if this was just me because I use Opera. It's awful.
- sgt 3y ago
  Same in latest Chrome.
renewedrebecca 3y ago
To get around it, actually grab the scrollbar with your mouse until you see new content. Scrolling will work again work a while then.

robswc 3y ago

>Instagram has a web version The web version is downright awful. Maybe given this is a greenfield project, it won't meet the same fate... but yea. The "web version" of instagram is basically here's a 4x scaled version of the app without much regard to a desktop UI/UX.

aeyes 3y ago
4x scaled? On my machine the web version is tiiiiny. Even when we had 800x600 screen resolution websites showed more content than Instagram. It also shows signup takeovers after clicking 2 links so without some sort of scraping proxy like Nitter it will be just as useless as Twitter if you only want to follow from the outside.
- saurik 3y ago
  I feel like I'm at risk of blowing both of your minds here, but you can change the size of the website by just scaling it in your browser to exactly the size you want, likely using ctrl-+/- (maybe cmd).
  - stefncb 3y ago
    The point is that the content density is abysmal and you can't change that with C-+.
    - robswc 3y ago
      For sure. I've tried it (not that I had to go on there often) but it doesn't really help. It will just make _everything_ tiny and weird, lol.
Biganon 3y ago
And let's not forget, you cannot post content from the web version, unless you resize the window to make it small enough. Sometimes I wonder if they make their products absolute shit on purpose, for a social experiment or something

timeon 3y ago

At least one can see some content on Instagram web while not logged in. If Tweet is no embedded one is out of luck.