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by fshee 1841 days ago
I appreciate the ~decent <noscript/> textContent. Telling exactly what purpose(s) JavaScript serves helps make an informed decision on whether to open a graphical web browser or continue with w3m. (In this case, it was obvious I could read on about Playdate just fine.)

I've grown sick of create-react-app default <noscript/> textContent.

> Hello! Javascript is required for purchasing, signing up for the newsletter, viewing videos, and other content on this page. Please enable Javascript.

> Your browser doesn't seem to support video.

2 comments

It’s really nice when they do this but the no JavaScript ship has sailed.

I’d rather devs focus on accessibility for screen readers etc.

Devs who would spend the 30 seconds adding the descriptive noscript text likely also pay attention to things like alt tags and semantic markup as well.
I think the population of folks who care is too small to do that.

And honestly a good chunk of that population will still just complain anyhow / might not be persuaded. They already kinda made their call.

I think it depends on how much the set of people who browse without JavaScript and the set of people who might connect you with relevant and important people/opportunities intersects. I've heard of people running whole web ad campaigns just to reach one person.
Frankly the only time I ever see someone using a browser without JS is here on HN. Every person I know IRL or on other social media uses a regular browser like Chrome, Firefox, or sometimes Edge.

I don't think even 1% of the global population knows it's possible to browse web pages without a GUI.