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Re:Time-Memory Trade-Offs Sound the Death Knell for GPRS and... by qsort on Friday August 30, 2024 @04:42AM (#41398841)
> Oh my, very aggressive

And also missing the point entirely. Websites working without JS is not only a matter of security. It's security + accessibility + SEO + usability on older or quirky devices + usability via the likes of curl...

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Re:Time-Memory Trade-Offs Sound the Death Knell for GPRS and... by robertlagrant on Friday August 30, 2024 @05:12AM (#41398977)
It's not a message about websites working without JS. It's about browsing with JS disabled.
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Re:Time-Memory Trade-Offs Sound the Death Knell for GPRS and... by hagbard_c on Friday August 30, 2024 @05:15AM (#41398997)
Yes, a textual site which requires Javascript - or any other active component really - for the text to be read is a bit like a book which requires a decoder ring to read. Just present a text-only or pre-rendered site if the visitor can not or does not want to enable scripting, Maybe add a reminder that the site has some functionality which only works when scripting is enabled.
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