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Re:Using the Web for a Day with JavaScript Turned Off by reificator on Tuesday May 08, 2018 @11:22AM (#17021537)
> If the number of people who visit your site with JavaScript disabled is less than the number of people who visit using the Opera browser, does it really make sense to add [number of supported browsers] x [JS on | JS off] permutations to your testing workload?

If your site doesn't work for people with JS disabled, you're unlikely to see significant traffic from people with JS disabled.

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Re:Using the Web for a Day with JavaScript Turned Off by TeMPOraL on Tuesday May 08, 2018 @11:24AM (#17021558)
Also, if you use JavaScript trackers instead of server logs, guess which group won't show on those trackers at all...
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Re:Using the Web for a Day with JavaScript Turned Off by scient on Tuesday May 08, 2018 @12:00PM (#17021949)
Most trackers have a way to handle non-JS clients by rendering a tracking pixel - a solution that has been out there for a long time now.
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Re:Using the Web for a Day with JavaScript Turned Off by etatoby on Tuesday May 08, 2018 @03:37PM (#17024099)
Last time I checked, the default embed code provided by Google Analytics (which covers 99% of website stats) was a single script tag.
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Re:Using the Web for a Day with JavaScript Turned Off by dredmorbius on Tuesday May 08, 2018 @12:07PM (#17022000)
The anti-JS crowd also tends to block tracking pixels. E.g., New Relic's tracking beacon.
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Re:Using the Web for a Day with JavaScript Turned Off by NetOpWibby on Tuesday May 08, 2018 @11:37AM (#17021703)
I just launched a product last week that solves this very use case (for Express apps): https://chew.sh.

It is VERY much an alpha and a lot of things aren’t working, just the bare minimum.

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Re:Using the Web for a Day with JavaScript Turned Off by etatoby on Tuesday May 08, 2018 @03:41PM (#17024156)
> requires JavaScript, please enable it to ensure a joyful browsing experience

(followed by some horribly formatted content, at least on my phone)

Guess which product I will not be buying today?

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Re:Using the Web for a Day with JavaScript Turned Off by NetOpWibby on Tuesday May 08, 2018 @03:46PM (#17024191)
Lucky for you I'm not selling anything. Also, like I said, it's in alpha. Almost nothing is working. I just wanted to get it in production so I could start tracking my sites.

No worries etatoby, just wanted to share an alternative.

EDIT: Thanks for your comment though, I just thought of some ways I can improve usability by using <noscript> to explain why JS is used for something.

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Re:Using the Web for a Day with JavaScript Turned Off by graysonk on Tuesday May 08, 2018 @05:36PM (#17025407)
> Lucky for you I'm not selling anything

Hmm there is a pretty big "Pricing" section in the middle of the page for me

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Re:Using the Web for a Day with JavaScript Turned Off by NetOpWibby on Tuesday May 08, 2018 @05:40PM (#17025445)
Well yeah, when it's done. As in, no time soon.
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