I’ve removed SSR in v0.4.7, so you should no longer see a flash between a different instance and your current instance.

  • pnutzh4x0rAEnglish
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    1 year ago

    I think this is probably the right choice… but it now means the title is no longer embedded in the HTML. So programs that just fetch a post such as this one, will not be able to know the title because it requires JavaScript to process it.

    I had a bot that would extract titles from URLs, but it now no longer works with Photon links :|

      • pnutzh4x0rAEnglish
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        1 year ago

        Nah, I’ve managed a workaround. What would help though is if you added a metadata entry to identify the page as Photon. Right now it has the catchphrase “An alternative lemmy client with a sleek design” in the description. Maybe change that to “Photon - An alternative lemmy client with a sleek design”, or add another meta data attribute that clearly says it is “Photon”.

        For instance, Voyager has the following description:

        Voyager is a beautiful mobile web client for Lemmy. Enjoy a seamless experience browsing the fediverse.

        It has has the following title:

        Voyager for Lemmy

        Something like that would make it easier to detect if it is Photon or not.

        Update: oops, it looks like lemmy stripped the embedded HTML tags.