> it's rather rude to just show a white screen Exactly. In the case of something like gmail, while many of the features cannot [practically] be implemented wi

> it's rather rude to just show a white screen Exactly. In the case of something like gmail, while many of the features cannot [practically] be implemented without Javascript, it is always important to have some fallback. Even a dumb, read-only, paginated-<ul> of your inbox is useful. I could be on a strange browser, or behind a restrictive or badly implemented firewall. Even just a message saying what should have been on the page can serve as a reason to come back when a proper browser is available. Put another way: given the noscript extension exists, you should probably give at least <i>some</i> reason for people to click the whitelist button. Just have something there; the Meteor style of not caring and sending an empty <body> tag just makes your site look like a broken webserver.