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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 :|
I can revert the change if it's a net negative.
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:
It has has the following title:
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.
Added in latest git commit.
Perfect, thanks!