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   SuperDicq (superdicq@minidisc.tokyo)'s status on Tuesday, 04-Mar-2025 21:55:37 JST SuperDicq

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   @privateger@plasmatrap.com Hm, it's good to know there's a decent free captcha, but oh my god why would you use CC0 for software please don't do this ever

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     翠星石 (suiseiseki@freesoftwareextremist.com)'s status on Tuesday, 04-Mar-2025 21:58:20 JST 翠星石

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     @SuperDicq @privateger It's not a decent captcha, it doesn't work without JavaScript.
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     SuperDicq (superdicq@minidisc.tokyo)'s status on Tuesday, 04-Mar-2025 21:59:16 JST SuperDicq

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     @Suiseiseki@freesoftwareextremist.com @privateger@plasmatrap.com I don't mind JavaScript if it is free JavaScript.

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     翠星石 (suiseiseki@freesoftwareextremist.com)'s status on Tuesday, 04-Mar-2025 22:09:45 JST 翠星石

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     @SuperDicq @privateger I don't mind JavaScript if it's free and I'm about to choose exactly what is going to get loaded (including the version and the ability to not update if I do not wish to).
     
     Browsers do not contain such functionality, rather they ensure maximum arbitrary remote code execution, therefore I don't run JavaScript.
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     SuperDicq (superdicq@minidisc.tokyo)'s status on Tuesday, 04-Mar-2025 22:10:39 JST SuperDicq

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     @Suiseiseki@freesoftwareextremist.com @privateger@plasmatrap.com Maybe you should develop a JavaScript versioning browser extension or something that allows you to do this.

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     翠星石 (suiseiseki@freesoftwareextremist.com)'s status on Tuesday, 04-Mar-2025 22:18:54 JST 翠星石

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     @SuperDicq @privateger The problem is that JavaScript engines are not designed to allow for that kind of thing - they love running any and all JavaScript on a webpage and extensions can only stop some of it from executing.
     
     The closest thing there is to that is Haketilo; https://haketilo.koszko.org/ but the browser extension that allows usage with javascript.enabled=false is depreciated but no-one really bothers to write Haketilo packages, as the sort who would care to do so just make their website function in the superior way (without JavaScript).
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     SuperDicq (superdicq@minidisc.tokyo)'s status on Tuesday, 04-Mar-2025 22:20:43 JST SuperDicq

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     @Suiseiseki@freesoftwareextremist.com @privateger@plasmatrap.com So your opinion is that you basically have to develop a new browser from scratch in order to do this?

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     翠星石 (suiseiseki@freesoftwareextremist.com)'s status on Tuesday, 04-Mar-2025 22:26:19 JST 翠星石

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     @SuperDicq @privateger Yes and going to the moon would take less work than writing a fully HTML5+CSS compliant browser from scratch.
     
     For any functionality that a JavaScript website offers, that functionality can usually be better provided via native software written in a decent language rather than in a web browser, so I'll do that instead really.
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     SuperDicq (superdicq@minidisc.tokyo)'s status on Tuesday, 04-Mar-2025 23:01:37 JST SuperDicq

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     @blenderdumbass@mastodon.online @Suiseiseki@freesoftwareextremist.com @privateger@plasmatrap.com I think so too, but I doubt that it is not possible using extensions or modifying an existing browser engine. I personally don't think you need to make a browser from scratch for this.

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     Blender Dumbass ( J.Y.Amihud ) (blenderdumbass@mastodon.online)'s status on Tuesday, 04-Mar-2025 23:01:38 JST Blender Dumbass ( J.Y.Amihud )

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     @Suiseiseki @SuperDicq @privateger Those are some interesting things to try to develop into a browser, actually.

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     翠星石 (suiseiseki@freesoftwareextremist.com)'s status on Tuesday, 04-Mar-2025 23:25:17 JST 翠星石

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     @m @SuperDicq @privateger The JS engine is deeply entwined into current webengines like a cancer, thus doing so will be extremely difficult.
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     m_on_stair (m@miruku.cafe)'s status on Tuesday, 04-Mar-2025 23:25:18 JST m_on_stair

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     @Suiseiseki@freesoftwareextremist.com @SuperDicq@minidisc.tokyo @privateger@plasmatrap.com
     you dont have to write a whole browser from scratch ffs you could just patch an existing one (and/or its js engine)