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Let's bring back the webring. (gusbus.space)
submitted 5 months ago by mrpalmer16@lemmy.ml to c/opensource@lemmy.ml
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Back in the day the best way to find cool sites when you were on a cool site was to click next in the webring. In this age of ailing search engines and confidently incorrect AI, it is time for the webring to make a comeback.

This person has given his the code to get started: Webring

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[-] rockSlayer@lemmy.world 36 points 5 months ago

I love this idea, the back button on browsers feels like it exists because of webrings

[-] superkret@feddit.org 14 points 5 months ago

It exists because web browsers used to not have tabs. Nowadays it's useless cause with modern scripted web pages you never properly get back to the site you left

[-] schnurrito@discuss.tchncs.de 14 points 5 months ago

then you're visiting websites that are badly coded

[-] superkret@feddit.org 1 points 5 months ago

like lemmy, for example.

[-] schnurrito@discuss.tchncs.de 4 points 5 months ago

the back button works fine for me here

[-] delirious_owl@discuss.online 4 points 5 months ago

Just block JavaScript

[-] superkret@feddit.org 19 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago)

Then the entire browser becomes useless. I couldn't even post this comment without JavaScript.

Edit: I wish a search engine that only showed websites without JavaScript existed.

[-] Womble@lemmy.world 5 points 5 months ago

Umatrix is great, you can configure it to automatically allow first party javascript, and if sites still dont work eneable bits until they do them lock those settings so the same bits will be enabled next time you're on that site.

[-] naught101@lemmy.world 3 points 5 months ago

You can do that with NoScript too. Is the Umatrix UI any better, or are there other benefits?

[-] ganymede@lemmy.ml 2 points 5 months ago

noscript is like a screwdriver. umatrix is the whole toolbox.

both have their place

[-] Jarix@lemmy.world 3 points 5 months ago

I wish also that THAT search engine also made it so turning on results that have paywalls is a thing you can only have turned on if YOU turn it on

[-] Hammerheart@programming.dev 2 points 3 months ago

Duckduckgo has a no javascript mode.

[-] delirious_owl@discuss.online 1 points 5 months ago

Not useless. I don't use JS. Yeah. Maybe 1/10 websites you have to skip.

[-] superkret@feddit.org 1 points 5 months ago

How do you even post here without JavaScript?

[-] delirious_owl@discuss.online 2 points 5 months ago

I use an app, but Im sure one of the front ends doesn't require JS

this post was submitted on 23 Jul 2024
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