There are only a handful of browsers that doesn't support javascript today [1]. There also users consciously disabling scripting on their modern browsers but th

There are only a handful of browsers that doesn't support javascript today [1]. There also users consciously disabling scripting on their modern browsers but they don't add up to a significant percent of browser users [2]. The second argument that an external .js file can fail to load applies to the .css file as well. There may be arguments against the modernizr approach, but the ones in the article are quite weak. [1]: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comparison_of_web_browsers#JavaScript_support http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comparison_of_web_browsers#Java... [2]: http://visualrevenue.com/blog/2007/08/eu-and-us-javascript-disabled-index.html http://visualrevenue.com/blog/2007/08/eu-and-us-javascript-d...