Ask HN: Can anyone open their messages on fb mbasic?
Is facebook renouncing to their users who do not have a js capable browser (and a sufficient CPU)?
Is facebook renouncing to their users who do not have a js capable browser (and a sufficient CPU)?
> "The page you requested cannot be displayed at the moment. It may be temporarily unavailable, the link you clicked on may be broken or expired, or you may not have permission to view this page. Back to home"
As an aside, is it possible to avoid using the new (worse, fake-iOS-ified) UI?
I hope it's just a coincidence that messenger.com is updated and mbasic stops working for messages during the same week!
It is just barely usable, but also has many missing pages.
Lately, many links (e.g. group posts) point to m.facebook, which means that I just get redirected to the home page.
You may need to access the page by clicking a link from another mbasic page in order to have some kind of checksum in the URL.
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> Lately, many links (e.g. group posts) point to m.facebook, which means that I just get redirected to the home page.
Conversely, in a browser without js, m.facebook.com redirects to mbasic
> You may need to access the page by clicking a link from another mbasic page in order to have some kind of checksum in the URL.
Good idea! From the main page with the feed, I can see the number of new messages but when I click on the link, I see an error message (same as with direct links).
Yep, which means all the links I open in new tabs all take me to the homepage.
Worse yet, whatever is in those tabs will likely never be served to me again, so if I don't review them all now, that information is gone.
If I wanted to reliably stay on top of friends and groups updates, I'd have to check each page individually.