Re:Living without the modern browser
by pmoriarty on Wednesday July 10, 2019 @01:11PM
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99% of the forms I run in to in the wild are one-page forms without any interactivity, and just a single "Submit" button. Yet these web sites usually require Javascript (usually for tracking and ad delivery).
Something like 90% of sites I run in to deliver static content, yet almost all use Javascript (again, for tracking and ad delivery).
Fortunately, the overwhelming majority of these sites still work great or at least good enough without Javascript.
Most sites out there really have no legitimate need for Javascript, with the exception of truly interactive sites like ones that let you play games in the browser, let you use some sort of application (like a spreadsheet, word processor, graphics program, or, arguably, web mail) in the browser, or do something like let you see live updates of things like stock tickers. But most sites are not like this. They just serve static content that could be served up just as well or even better without JS.
Something like 90% of sites I run in to deliver static content, yet almost all use Javascript (again, for tracking and ad delivery).
Fortunately, the overwhelming majority of these sites still work great or at least good enough without Javascript.
Most sites out there really have no legitimate need for Javascript, with the exception of truly interactive sites like ones that let you play games in the browser, let you use some sort of application (like a spreadsheet, word processor, graphics program, or, arguably, web mail) in the browser, or do something like let you see live updates of things like stock tickers. But most sites are not like this. They just serve static content that could be served up just as well or even better without JS.