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"Web developers write functional pages first." You're confusing best practices with common practices. The vast majority of sites are developed with the assumpt

• j79 17y ago
  You're right. That's why I included, "This is why the web does (or, theoretically) works..." To be honest, I know a few developers that develop with the assumption that JavaScript will be enabled. I've also worked at a few companies that assume clients should have JavaScript enabled... Unfortunately, I see too many sites that completely fall apart if you disable JavaScript (some sites that are even selling a product!) JavaScript still has a stigma as being a "toy" language and until developers understand/utilize it's full potential, a lot of crummy code will still be written. Thankfully, jQuery (and other great JS libraries) are opening the potential for JavaScript to developers.