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fizzle@quokk.au ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

• Mnmalst@piefed.social ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

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

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  • lambalicious@lemmy.sdf.org ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ 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 ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ 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 ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ 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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• False@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

  Works fine in Firefox on Android

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• irmadlad@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ 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 ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ 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 ⁨23⁩ ⁨hours⁩ 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 ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

  Same for me in IronFox.

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  • HyperfocusSurfer@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ 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 ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

  Me too

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