You're not wrong saying that javascript is pretty much mandatory, but it's more de facto. To come out and mandate it would be wrong. Unfortunately the web is

You're not wrong saying that javascript is pretty much mandatory, but it's more de facto. To come out and mandate it would be wrong. Unfortunately the web is in a state that's worse than just javascript... it's regressed into only supporting certain browsers cough chrome cough. Just one example (i've got more personally) from recently: you can't book flights in air india's website with firefox, but it works in chrome.