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As a workaround, run this: window.dispatchEvent(new Event('offline'))

That worked, thanks.

I found it worked in Firefox by going to File -> Work Offline but I'm on macOS.

Same with firefox on debian. I sure hope this article is good after I put so much work into enabling it.

What a stupid and annoying gimmick. Author couldn't even be assed to check if it isn't horribly broken in a major browser.

Major browser and specific OS. The gimmick works fine in Firefox on Windows 10.

Didn't work on my machine; it was FX and Win 10. Didn't even test it with my Linux laptop.