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The worst thing: i.redd.it no longer returns the image alone, but wraps it in a "viewer" page. I can’t even write an uBlock filter for this, because it relies
by pwdisswordfishc 3y ago
The worst thing: i.redd.it no longer returns the image alone, but wraps it in a "viewer" page. I can’t even write an uBlock filter for this, because it relies on an Accept HTTP header.
Imgur does the same, but that at least can be remedied by stripping the Referer header. I wonder how long this will last.
I predict Sec-Fetch-* will be abused for the same purpose. It may be already.
- josephg 3y agoYep. Sometimes reddit has an image that’s either incorrectly cropped or it’s zoomed out so far that it’s unreadable. How many times do I need to click on the image before I can see it properly? I’ve counted as many as 4 taps through various awful image viewer things. Sometimes no about of tapping and zooming will render the image properly. The irony is my browser is great at showing images already - panning and zooming works beautifully. I miss Apollo. The friction with Reddit’s awful design and coding choices makes me use their site a lot less. I think that might be a good thing in the long run. It leaves me hungry for something better.
- account42 3y agoThis behavior is becoming annoyingly common on various image hosts. Hopefully ad blockers will implement ways around this soon.