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Telegram web not loading properly

Unread post by unknownone » 2021-10-12, 15:23

Dear all,
I've tried today to open the Telegram web-based client https://web.telegram.org/k/ and it fails loading, while before it worked. I'm running Palemoon 29.4.1 x64 on Linux Ubuntu 20.04

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The Error console provides this error message

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Error: ReferenceError: customElements is not defined
Source File: https://web.telegram.org/k/7.83a2dfdd0ee504f81f0b.chunk.js
The Developers tools console provides this:

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load state: timer started
27.d828877399fdc766a0f1.chunk.js:1
load state: 156ms
27.d828877399fdc766a0f1.chunk.js:1
got state, time: 134  
main.3f7a70559679af85e450.bundle.js:1:9939
Will mount IM page: 1634052094.656  
main.3f7a70559679af85e450.bundle.js:1:11403
CW constructor  
mtproto.worker.ba792293d0a9e46f72b3.bundle.worker.js:3:290911
ReferenceError: customElements is not defined[Learn More]  
7.83a2dfdd0ee504f81f0b.chunk.js:1:1759
Is this an issue of my local browser configuration or does someone else experience the same issue?
Thank you
Last edited by unknownone on 2021-10-12, 16:10, edited 1 time in total.

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Re: Telegram web not loading properly

Unread post by New Tobin Paradigm » 2021-10-12, 15:40

The answer is right there.. also you didn't bother to follow the instructions properly.

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Re: Telegram web not loading properly

Unread post by unknownone » 2021-10-12, 15:58

Sorry, I'm not sure to understand what I did wrong, except forgetting to use the code block which I fixed now.
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Output from Toolkit Error Console and the Developer Tools Web Console provided following exactly the procedure.

I see that the webpage loads a javascript and its processing fails at some point due to a ReferenceError, so the loading doesn't complete. Is this error a fault of my configuration?

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Re: Telegram web not loading properly

Unread post by coffeebreak » 2021-10-12, 17:03

unknownone wrote:
2021-10-12, 15:58
Is this error a fault of my configuration?
No.
It's customElements (WebComponents), a Google/Chrome technology that Pale Moon does not yet support.

See: "custom elements" (UXP issues)

"customElements is undefined" (forum search)
"customElements is not defined" (forum search)
"WebComponents" (forum search)

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Re: Telegram web not loading properly

Unread post by ron_1 » 2021-10-13, 00:59

New Tobin Paradigm wrote:
2021-10-12, 15:40
The answer is right there.. also you didn't bother to follow the instructions properly.
At least he gave something. :)

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Re: Telegram web not loading properly

Unread post by unknownone » 2021-10-13, 07:19

Thank you all, I understand now the issue. Sorry that I didn't search the forum to check if the exact error message appeared on other websites. At least now other people will know that Telegram too is affected by this google mess.

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Re: Telegram web not loading properly

Unread post by Moonchild » 2021-10-13, 08:33

unknownone wrote:
2021-10-13, 07:19
At least now other people will know that Telegram too is affected by this google mess.
The web is mostly an afterthought for these service providers and they will use Google technology to cater to 95% of the web browsers in use. I suggest using their desktop app and not a web browser. Telegram seems to be fairly light as far as chat clients go anyway unlike some others.
(Even though there is no objective reason to choose WebComponents for a chat interface, that is what they have done... Not really much we can do once that is done; appealing to them to undo Google WebComponents integration will likely not work as these companies in general see it as "part of a diverse and healthy set of modern web standards" which is literally what GitHub told me when bringing it up)
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Re: Telegram web not loading properly

Unread post by unknownone » 2021-10-13, 11:48

Moonchild wrote:
2021-10-13, 08:33
The web is mostly an afterthought for these service providers and they will use Google technology to cater to 95% of the web browsers in use. I suggest using their desktop app and not a web browser. Telegram seems to be fairly light as far as chat clients go anyway unlike some others.
Thank you for the suggestion. I agree with your point of view ;) .


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Re: Telegram web not loading properly

Unread post by unknownone » 2021-10-15, 12:55

artenounx wrote:
2021-10-14, 01:46
There are alternate versions:
https://web.telegram.org/z/
https://web.telegram.org/?legacy=1
Thank you, I'll use them as long as they work.

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