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I wouldn't mind at all if Gmail was a traditional multipage app that works without JavaScript. Google Maps is probably a much better example.

• prodigal_erik 14y ago
  Gmail does work without javascript, it has long been the example I give of competent web authoring. As for when it makes sense, I suggest this guideline: if what you're building is to be a worthwhile contribution to the World-Wide Web, it should have a mode with server-rendered semantic markup behind URLs which are stable forever. Client-side rendering is an enhancement to build after that works well. Your content is more important than the custom behavior you're adding to the the browser the user already chose.
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  • carlosedp 14y ago
    This is exactly the approach I'm doing. I'm writing the app entirely server based, just a couple of ajax do avoid loading unnecessary data at some time. The time I finish the app, I will tweak and optimize loading either by AJAX or implement something like backbone views.
• robmcm 14y ago
  Yeah you should try the HTML version of Gmail, it sucks.