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>To use the Mastodon web application, please enable JavaScript. Alternatively, try one of the native apps for Mastodon for your platform. But why? I can only a
by everdrive 3y ago
>To use the Mastodon web application, please enable JavaScript. Alternatively, try one of the native apps for Mastodon for your platform.
But why? I can only assume it's just a bunch of text.
- SushiHippie 3y agoIf I'm not mistaking adding /embed to mastodon links makes it possible to see them without js https://mastodon.social/@lrvick/112079059323905912/embed https://mastodon.social/@lrvick/112079059323905912/embed
- afavour 3y agoI assume because the servers only expose an API rather than endpoints that render HTML. Probably simplifies things not having to render both client and server side.
- Dalewyn 3y ago>But why? Modern Web3 devs don't know how to program without first installing twelve dozen JavaShit frameworks. I'm probably only half joking.
- RespectYourself 3y ago[dead]
- afavour 3y agoOr, you know, it’s a volunteer run open source application that has prioritised development according to need. A lot more difficult to be snarky about that, though.
- ffgjgf1 3y agoOr it might have been a conscious choice? If you’re building a new app duplicating your frontend just to appeal to a tiny insignificant minority seems wasteful?
- amatecha 3y agoYou can use any client you like for Mastodon (usually even without logging in, I think that is a server setting) - but by browsing to the instance's domain with a web browser, you're getting a copy of the latest web client, which may have requirements you don't like or can't fulfill.