I wouldn't mind. But it doesn't work that way, look:

https://vimeo.com/58808364

Interesting video, but it still seems to be a JS-driven technique?

Even without JS, there are tricks to make the upvote button work without refreshing the page. HN used to do this, not sure if it still does.

Do you have a reference to any of those tricks? Sounds interesting.

You could use a link with a background-image

<style>.vote-42:active{ background-image: url(/api/vote/42) } </style> <a class="vote-42">Vote</a>

I ran a quick test. That actually seems to work, at least in Chrome. Very cool!

https://codepen.io/anon/pen/weMwRz

Realistically, I'd probably never use it because it's so dependent on browser behavior, but still a cool alternative.