Create No-JavaScript friendly sites

Re:Create No-JavaScript friendly sites by chewmieser on Monday June 22, 2020 @03:26PM (#23604983)

That's great and it's your choice to disable it but his point was don't expect developers that rely on JavaScript to power modern web experiences to develop their site to fit your strict requirements.

JS does way more then just fingerprint users and open up security vulnerabilities. You're in a minority that's asking for fall-backs in a world that's so far removed from simple <noscript> fixes.

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Re:Create No-JavaScript friendly sites by throwaway_pdp09 on Monday June 22, 2020 @03:47PM (#23605380)

> power modern web experiences

So they're going to expect me to leave a major malware and privacy-invasion vector open so they can indulge in creating their 'web experiences'.

Nope. This sounds like kids playing around, not professionals working.

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Re:Create No-JavaScript friendly sites by errantspark on Monday June 22, 2020 @04:01PM (#23605649)

Ahahaha come on my guy, effective people get to where they are because they can make good risk/reward assessments. Turning off javascript hasn't been worth the opportunity cost to a "real professional" for decades.

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Re:Create No-JavaScript friendly sites by paulryanrogers on Monday June 22, 2020 @04:12PM (#23605823)

Security researchers and activists in oppressive regimes are professionals. And it's amazing how fast one can end up becoming one when your employer gets badly hacked or your government changes for the worse.

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Re:Create No-JavaScript friendly sites by errantspark on Monday June 22, 2020 @06:58PM (#23607920)

I'm not saying there's no reason to turn off javascript, or that there aren't professions where that's a good default. But it's absolutely not the norm.

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Re:Create No-JavaScript friendly sites by throwaway_pdp09 on Monday June 22, 2020 @04:08PM (#23605759)

> because they can make good risk/reward assessments

Indeed, and I made mine. No ads, not tracking, no risk of malware, no need for virus scanner, high speed page loading (ahem, when it works). Worth it? For me, sure! Peace of mind means a lot to me.

What's so hard about making web pages that don't use unnecessary tech?

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Re:Create No-JavaScript friendly sites by errantspark on Monday June 22, 2020 @06:57PM (#23607911)

There's nothing wrong with it, I AGREE with you that we shouldn't ship 5 megs of some garbage framework with every blog post. The point I'm responding to is that it's somehow reasonable or common for "professionals" to run with JS off, and to not do so is "playing around". It's not. It's a very niche thing that very few people get an actual benefit from.

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Re:Create No-JavaScript friendly sites by throwaway_pdp09 on Tuesday June 23, 2020 @03:45AM (#23610979)

Nonono, that's not what I said (well, not what I intendeded, I suppose it was ambiguous). "kids playing around, not professionals working" was referring to web designers indulging in their 'web experience' crap at a cost to the users, NOT to those who might run with JS off.

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Re:Create No-JavaScript friendly sites by eadmund on Tuesday June 23, 2020 @07:48AM (#23612637)

I am a professional, and I primarily browse with it off by default and whitelisted for only a few sites. I do have a JavaScript-enabled browser for user-hostile websites which require it, but I rarely need to use it (and I have real animus against those which force me into doing so).

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Re:Create No-JavaScript friendly sites by brigandish on Monday June 22, 2020 @05:20PM (#23606843)

> to power modern web experiences

This would seem an opportune moment to point out that modern does not always equal good.

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Re:Create No-JavaScript friendly sites by hilbert42 on Tuesday June 23, 2020 @06:00AM (#23611853)

"...JavaScript to power modern web experiences..."

What the hell are 'modern web experiences'? If you mean unacceptably slow, jittery pages loaded with megabytes of useless crappy data whose only purpose is to spy on users then I don't need them. I always avoid sites like that (and there's plenty more fish in the sea).

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