> JS is absolutely crucial for simple things like [..] replacing parts of the page without reloading the entire thing. not at all - but you couldn't just.. us

> JS is absolutely crucial for simple things like [..] replacing parts of the page without reloading the entire thing. not at all - but you couldn't just.. use iframes because of IE 5.5 bug of ignoring their z-index and displaying always on top of everything - so: either JS to fix that by rewriting content to normal DIV, or the lowest common denominator for all browsers: XMLHttpRequest from.. Microsoft - mind, they had no clue about WWW at that moment - and were promoting Active Desktop and ActiveX technologies which had different purpose - XMLHttpRequest wiht all that mess came out from there.. ( https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/previous-versions//ms537505(v=vs.85) https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/previous-versions//ms53750... ). > date pickers or popovers - simple example: https://www.opensubtitles.org/ https://www.opensubtitles.org/ with JS disabled: movietitle TAB E [english] Enter - done. JS enabled: movietitle TAB and.. react for nothing but.. SPACE or.. ENTER to open, now you can scroll with arrows (can't just press E WTF!? ), select with SPACE, press TAB ENTER - nothing, TAB ENTER and you hit.. an advert ! (fanfares) (there is no way to enter SEARCH with keyboard really ??) - what for ? (BTW check that one: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=39329385 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=39329385 )