[1vuio0pswjnm7]

The term "everything interesting" is of course subjective. What is interesting to person A might not be interesting to person B. I never use Selenium and I generally have no problem acessing "everything interesting". The simplest example is reading and submitting HN comments. Presumably we all find this interesting enough. Javascript is neither required to read, vote nor submit to HN.

What if the phrase "everything interesting" was replaced with specific examples and questions. Something like, "I cannot access X without Javascript. How do I access X without using Javascript."

[RockRobotRock]

HN is in the minority of websites in that it works completely without JS. Surely you're aware of this, right?

[1vuio0pswjnm7]

1. Define "works".

2. Provide examples of sites that do not "work".

It's possible that people might disagree on the definition of "works". For example, perhaps web developers might be biased toward a definition that puts them in control instead of the user. If I can retrieve information from a server with HTTP requests then the website "works" for me. As a user, I certainly do not need to use Javascript to make HTTP requests. Nor do I need to use a particular client.

One could argue that even HN does not "work" completely without Javascript. For example, the script at https://news.ycombinator.com/hn.js will not run.