I'm currently using brave on most of my devices and if I check the option "disable scripts" I can't use the forum.
Would it be possible to have a non-JS version?
Nope, unfortunately there is no non-JS version of the forum. You could consider using the mail gateway.
This came up in IRC chat yesterday so here are some updates / the current situation , feel free to correct and post tips
some people decide to deactivate Javascript (JS) for security reasons - either using a browser without JS support or in Firefox use about:config and deactivate it there or via addons.
(current) facts:
- The forum software is "Discourse"
- Discourse supports a non-JS html "crawler" / static view and a "normal" JS "default" view
- The User Agent (UA) decides how the forum is shown
Because of that some configurations show empty pages / seems like forum isnt working because Discourse expects JS support like dynamic loading of posts which will not work.
"Hacks":
- Addons that change UA
- Browser without JS support
- add /print at the end of a URL
archiving a thread yourself / wayback machine should work
reference: meta.discourse.org : save a topic for offline ; meta.discourse.org: discourse and wayback machine