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fizzle@quokk.au ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

• Mnmalst@piefed.social ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  Same for me, why does a forum software need webgl?

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  • lambalicious@lemmy.sdf.org ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    You mean why does the site for a forum software need webgl, by which the only reason I can think of is tracking visitors somehow. It’s not like the background landscape on the site is dynamic or something.

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    • dev_null@lemmy.ml ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      But, background is dynamic. You can see it has some kind of fancy moving dots. It’s totally unnecessary, but clearly WebGL was used for that.

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      • lambalicious@lemmy.sdf.org ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

        Oh, so it is, hadn’t noticed it at first.

        And, sure enough, disabling webgl in about:config causes the page to throw the error, instead of degrading gracefully. An animation of random dots is not at all necessary to expose about a product that is a web forum.

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    • southclaws@piefed.social ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      i added a dumb globe thingy and some useless effects in a mania of creative chaos, not felt a spark of creativity in ages and hate the current site, but you’re right this was stupid, i removed the useless webgl stuff and made it simpler, thanks for the feedback!

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      • lambalicious@lemmy.sdf.org ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

        Thanks!

        It’s not so much about wholly removing webgl contrasted to at least having some sort of fallback that allows the site to be experienced, but thanks again for at least tackling the change.

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• False@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  Works fine in Firefox on Android

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• irmadlad@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  Application error: a client-side exception has occurred while loading www.storyden.org (see the browser console for more information).

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  • said@lemmy.sdf.org ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    Exactly same error for me. I’m glad there are such indicators so I don’t have to waste my time on such a crappy overcomplicated design.

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    • irmadlad@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      Could be something everyone is blocking in their browsers. I know I use arkenfox. No joy with LibreWolf or Waterfox. I did pull it up in Opera, and it worked ok. I didn’t browse any further than the front page. I only use Opera for paying bills as Firefox, LibreWolf, and Waterfox are set up to block a lot of excess crap, and my utilities love their bullshit webpage candy.

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• eodur@piefed.social ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  Same for me in IronFox.

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  • HyperfocusSurfer@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    Also on cromite. Both disable webgl by default, iirc.

    Not like a forum has a reasonable use case that requires webgl, tho.

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• biotin7@sopuli.xyz ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  Me too

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