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It really depends on what you do. Amazon.com, for example, works perfectly fine with javascript disabled. They do it because they care about selling to everyone
by superkuh 6y ago
It really depends on what you do. Amazon.com, for example, works perfectly fine with javascript disabled. They do it because they care about selling to everyone and know that even people with old computers and old software buy things.
Web devs keep repeating to themselves that no one browses with JS off but you can't see the ones that have it off if all you use to survey is JS itself.
- g_p 6y agoGov.UK is built around an assumption users have no or broken JavaScript, based on some of their research into how people use the site. When running at scale, they found about 1 in 93 visitors didn't have working JavaScript. [1] Mid startup hustle it makes sense for people to start ignoring this. But if you adopt a mindset of serving users, you'll quickly see why they went with this approach - progressive enhancement of the site based on the capabilities that work, with a fully functional experience extending from lynx and upwards. [2] [1] https://gds.blog.gov.uk/2013/10/21/how-many-people-are-missing-out-on-javascript-enhancement/ https://gds.blog.gov.uk/2013/10/21/how-many-people-are-missi... [2] https://technology.blog.gov.uk/2016/09/19/why-we-use-progressive-enhancement-to-build-gov-uk/ https://technology.blog.gov.uk/2016/09/19/why-we-use-progres...