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Let's bring back the webring. (gusbus.space)

submitted 1 month ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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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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[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Just block JavaScript

[–] [email protected] 19 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (4 children)

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.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 month ago (1 children)

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.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 month ago (1 children)

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

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 month ago

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

both have their place

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 month 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

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 weeks ago

Duckduckgo has a no javascript mode.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 month ago (1 children)

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

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 month ago (1 children)

How do you even post here without JavaScript?

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 month ago

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