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"your website doesn't work without javascript" (lemmy.blahaj.zone)
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[–] fruitcantfly@programming.dev 6 points 5 hours ago* (last edited 5 hours ago) (1 children)
  • outdated browser - your fault, and a foolish thing to use considering the modern, online threat landscape
  • outdated system - your fault, and like above you probably shouldn’t connect to the internet with that thing
  • text-based browser - your fault, and it shouldn’t surprise anyone that websites break when you use a browser that misses major functionality
  • JS disabled by an admin - your admin’s fault. Go complain to them, not to anyone else
  • JS won’t load - depends on reason for why JS fails to load
  • assistive technology - depends on the reason; your assistive software may be broken or misconfigured, or the website fails to follow best practice
[–] Droechai@piefed.blahaj.zone 1 points 49 seconds ago

Braille interpreters (think a row of nubs that raises up the relevant letter as it "reads" the page) used to have issues with some webpages unless you accessed them via text based browsers. No idea if they still struggle as much but text based browsing will always have a function and place