Hi there rodents, admins specifically this time,

I don’t know if what I’m going to question was intended to be this way, as the lemmy website ui is supposed to work with javascript enabled, or not.

Just 10 minutes ago I read that the federation was enabled so I wanted to try it out.

I found a post from @dess_ds9 and I tried to open its profile.
The page opens without a beat, showing its profile, but If I try to click its identifier with javascript disabled, instead of loading https://ds9.lemmy.ml/u/dess_ds9 I’m redirected to https://lemmy.ml/https://ds9.lemmy.ml/u/dess_ds9 .

The same happens with communities.

I noticed this behaviour because I usually navigate the web with javascript disabled. Is it supposed to be this way?
If it’s not a bug, could it be made to work even without javascript?

Thanks again for your work!

  • DessalinesMA
    2·
    4 years ago

    edit: Oh i see yeah, its wrong with js disabled.

    I’m using a feature of <Link, so i don’t think its fixable in the non-js version. A LOT of functionality doesn’t work with js disabled.

    • clockwise_bitOP
      1·
      4 years ago

      That’s unfortunate. Would it be possible to have a nojs alternative tag?
      If not, it’s ok, I can still enable javascript or use alternative ways ('till now I’ve been using my bookmarks script to append url parameters when giving me the link)

      • DessalinesMA
        1·
        4 years ago

        Unfortunately not, the site is made in js, and I don’t have time to re-write a non-live-updating / non-dynamic version of lemmy. Its an open source codebase tho, if you can find a way to do this, I’d look at a PR.

        • clockwise_bitOP
          2·
          4 years ago

          I can’t guarantee anything, but maybe in a couple of months I’ll have time to look into it.