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"your website doesn't work without javascript" (lemmy.blahaj.zone)
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[–] Piatro@programming.dev 41 points 15 hours ago (2 children)

Got to disagree there. Websites should work without js. Sure it shouldn't have fancy animations or whatever but I should be able to read it.

[–] schnurrito@discuss.tchncs.de 21 points 15 hours ago (1 children)

Depends on what kind of website we are talking about.

If it's a website whose purpose to display an article or images or similar, I agree with you.

If its main purpose is something that requires interaction by the user (i.e. it's a "web app"), then it's not a reasonable expectation that it should work without JS, and then I agree with the OP.

[–] ICastFist@programming.dev 5 points 12 hours ago (2 children)

Even "web apps" don't necessarily need javascript. Is a forum a web app? It has plenty of user interaction and forums without javascript have existed since before HTML. Even stuff like Mastodon doesn't necessarily need javascript, it can work as static pages.

[–] GraveyardOrbit@lemmy.zip 5 points 3 hours ago

There’s a reason nobody uses forums anymore and it’s because static content feels and is extremely dated. The vast vast majority of users expect interactivity

[–] schnurrito@discuss.tchncs.de 3 points 6 hours ago

I agree that these are more of a continuum than a binary.

[–] socsa@piefed.social 5 points 12 hours ago

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