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Re:The “small web” is bigger than you might think by sylware on Wednesday March 18, 2026 @07:49AM (#47424499)
I do 100% disagree.

web apps are gated by the abominations of whatng cartel web engines, with even worse SDKs, mechanically certainly not 'small' and assurely a definitive nono.

And the 'old' interface, you bet I tried to use it... which is actually gated with javascript... so...

Re:The “small web” is bigger than you might think by marginalia_nu on Thursday March 19, 2026 @11:54AM (#47441529)
I assume you're blocked by the new bot blocker?

I've tested it in both w3m and dillo, should work fine as long as your browser renders noscript tags. It's very much designed from the ground up to handle browsers like that. Just requires you to manually wait a few seconds and then press the link.

One configuration that might break is if you're running something like chrome or firefox, and rigging it to not run JS. But it's really hard to support those types of configurations. If it works in w3m, it's no longer a "site requires JS" issue...

Re:The “small web” is bigger than you might think by sylware on Friday March 20, 2026 @08:55AM (#47453872)
I have tested many times. Some while ago.

I used lynx and links2 (not yet netsurf), as far as I can recall, never got what you talked about.

Was brutally blocked and got the finger because none of those web browsers has javascript (and even CSS).

While thinking about it, I hate even more the whatng cartel for the damage they did to the web with their 'web apps'.

Re:The “small web” is bigger than you might think by marginalia_nu on Friday March 20, 2026 @11:37AM (#47456126)
I don't know what to say.

Here's a video of me getting past the bot blocker with links2 I guess?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=19-nXUYe9cA

Re:The “small web” is bigger than you might think by sylware on Friday March 20, 2026 @06:38PM (#47461691)
wt... never got that. Did I have parasites on my line??

I did re-test just now, I get the same thing than in the vid.

meh.

Re:The “small web” is bigger than you might think by rodarima on Friday March 20, 2026 @01:22PM (#47457700)
Thanks a lot for considering no-JS browser like Dillo, in the current web hellscape is certainly a difficult task. I checked and it works well in Dillo on my end.