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by zugi 1274 days ago
Until a year or so ago you could read Twitter with Javascript disabled in your browser. So we know zero lines of Javascript are actually required to read tweets.

I just stopped clicking in Twitter links once they intentionally disabled browsing without Javascript, and use Nitter.net if there's a tweet I really want to read.
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the_gipsy 1274 days ago
It's common sense that for reading a bit of text and perhaps an image there is no need for JavaScript. Even video doesn't require it. It should all be HTML.
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harlanji 1274 days ago
I've got an open source Twitter and Mastodon app that's as vanilla as possible. Python + HTMx.

Just added video support this morning. Total page load is 200kB. Double-click loads the video:

https://twitter.com/iSpoogeDaily/status/1607038383318081537

I'm releasing every week or two to Glitch unless I can get more funding. Latest version is on https://glitch.com/~hogumathi, there's supporter links and licensing info in the readme (public releases are AGPL).

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matvp 1274 days ago
Providing adaptive video (MPEG-DASH / HLS on any non Safari browser) still requires JS though.
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