It is currently impossible to view important hints and tips from the forum without a javascript-enabled graphical browser. This means it is impossible to read the forum when you don't have a working video setup (like when installing on an obscure machine or using a lot of SSH or, god forbid, I simply don't -want- a full-stack graphical web browser).
This makes debugging things like X11 or Wayland extraordinarily annoying when you've found a post-title describing your exact problem with the word (solved) in front, only greeted by the following:
The words "alternative browser" awkwardly links to a google website urging you to install Chrome of all things, which feels kind of antithetical to the whole FreeBSD experience.
Curiously, the posts are readable in Dillo which also doesn't have javascript, but does need X or Wayland.
Or am I missing something here? This does not help my irrational hatred towards the modern web. And before any naysayers going "yeh it's bad but whatyagonna do javascript is everywhere", no it is not, the Arch Linux user forums work fine in Lynx, including login and registration.
This makes debugging things like X11 or Wayland extraordinarily annoying when you've found a post-title describing your exact problem with the word (solved) in front, only greeted by the following:
(As displayed in Lynx and Elinks)JavaScript is disabled. For a better experience, please enable JavaScript in your
browser before proceeding.
You are using an out of date browser. It may not display this or other websites
correctly.
You should upgrade or use an alternative browser.
The words "alternative browser" awkwardly links to a google website urging you to install Chrome of all things, which feels kind of antithetical to the whole FreeBSD experience.
Curiously, the posts are readable in Dillo which also doesn't have javascript, but does need X or Wayland.
Or am I missing something here? This does not help my irrational hatred towards the modern web. And before any naysayers going "yeh it's bad but whatyagonna do javascript is everywhere", no it is not, the Arch Linux user forums work fine in Lynx, including login and registration.