Re:This game is a single 13 KiB file that runs on Windows, L...
by Retr0id on Sunday January 11, 2026 @07:33PM
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Sadly a lot of browser features are inaccessible from non-https contexts.
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Re:This game is a single 13 KiB file that runs on Windows, L...
by jsheard on Sunday January 11, 2026 @07:40PM
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Don't most (all?) browsers consider file:// and localhost to be secure for the sake of enabling those features?
https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/Security/Defens...
Re:This game is a single 13 KiB file that runs on Windows, L...
by mlok on Sunday January 11, 2026 @08:41PM
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Unfortunately, no. CORS will block this on Chrome and Firefox.
https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/HTTP/Guides/COR...
The security risk : https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/security/advisories/mfsa2019-2...
You need a local webserver. Or bundle everything in one html file.
Re:This game is a single 13 KiB file that runs on Windows, L...
by Am4TIfIsER0ppos on Monday January 12, 2026 @05:29AM
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So that's why I have to keep booting a Windows 7 computer in order to use an html file I saved 10+ years ago? Some dumb shit android app.
Re:This game is a single 13 KiB file that runs on Windows, L...
by gabriela_c on Sunday January 11, 2026 @09:50PM
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or you could use something like caddy (https reverse-proxy, local cert), and have a dedicated ws running in the background that serves your files