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> Forced Javascript is a blight on the internet Do you genuinely believe this is still an open question? I won't dispute the argument that maybe it was a mist
by deanCommie 4y ago
> Forced Javascript is a blight on the internet
Do you genuinely believe this is still an open question?
I won't dispute the argument that maybe it was a mistake, but to me it seems indisputable the ship has sailed.
I might buy the argument that any "mandatory" websites - government, library, academic - should be operational without Javascript.
But in the casual or entertainment domain, noone is obligated to provide their users an operational Javascript-free website. If you can't read something without Javascript, that's a you problem.
- NotYourLawyer 4y agoMost websites are far better with JS disabled. They're responsive, they have fewer ads, they don't assault me with autoplaying video/audio, they don't track me (as much), they don't make my laptop fan spin up and waste my battery. Just absolutely better in every way. Some websites don't function without JS. I either enable it on a case-by-case basis, or avoid those websites.
- deanCommie 4y agoThat seems like a more modern internet problem solved better by Ublock Origin than blocking all of Javascript. the 2000s and early 2010s era internet ("Web 2.0") was richer with Javascript WITHOUT all the gargantuan trackers and auto-playing videos.