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(including GMail, and probably others). All of which are big names that can and do work ENTIRELY without JavaScript. Gmail has an html/css only interface that
by dsp1234 12y ago
(including GMail, and probably others). All of which are big names that can and do work ENTIRELY without JavaScript.
Gmail has an html/css only interface that uses no javascript. I use it every day, and everything just works. Additionally, on my device it's much snappier even with full page refreshes. This rebuts the original assertion that "All modern websites, even server-rendered ones, need JavaScript.".
- dsrw 12y agoThis is an entirely different frontend that was added years after Gmail launched. The interface that most of us use absolutely won't function without JavaScript. Adding a pure html view to a mature, profitable application to appeal to a niche audience probably makes sense. Building it that way from the start probably doesn't.