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by ozr 738 days ago
It's 2024. We've got to stop with the not everyone has javascript meme.

Anyone browsing the internet without it at this point is doing it intentionally to be special.

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https://www.gov.uk/service-manual/technology/using-progressi...

> You should not assume the reason for designing a service that works without CSS or JavaScript is because a user chooses to switch these off.

> There are many situations when extra layers can fail to load or are filtered, for example:

https://technology.blog.gov.uk/2016/09/19/why-we-use-progres...

> It’s important to understand that it’s often not the conscious choice of users to arrive at your site without JavaScript. We did some research and discovered that 0.9% GOV.UK visits are by people who don’t have JavaScript available and haven’t chosen to turn it off.

It's 2024. We've got to stop making everything turing complete.
I've moved to "transient network faults" as my defence against creeping JS. What if the HTML gets to the user, then their mobile connection drops? The page should at least look vaguely sane.

(I think I got it off a BOFH excuse calendar.)