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by ianburrell 995 days ago
HN mostly doesn't have JavaScript. I think vote buttons and the collapsing comments are the only things that are JavaScript. Everything else is HTML and links.

I don't think it makes a functional difference, except for "more" links instead of universal scrolling. Just like can't tell between static blog and dynamic blog, can't tell between static HTML and dynamic JavaScript. I would say "web app" is where download JavaScript, and the JavaScript builds the page.