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Here's a few: SEO, web aggregators, screen readers, NoScript, curl, mobile browsers. I disable scripts by default, and most of the internet still works just fine.

tdammers
– tdammers

2012-08-29 06:48:58 +00:00
Commented Aug 29, 2012 at 6:48
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If a site isn't usable without javascript then it can't be effectively crawled by Google, and it may or may not be usable in a RESTful context. Even Facebook is at least minimally usable without javascript

GordonM
– GordonM

2012-08-29 07:30:59 +00:00
Commented Aug 29, 2012 at 7:30
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I agree with most of what is said here, but I strongly object to the idea that a site should be "at least minimally usable without JavaScript". That's wrong: it should be maximally usable without JavaScript.

Jörg W Mittag
– Jörg W Mittag

2012-08-29 11:06:12 +00:00
Commented Aug 29, 2012 at 11:06
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@JörgWMittag if you're going to disable a web technology, you should not expect to get the full benefits of the website. Scenarios differ, but if I'm building a web app I'm probably not wasting my time building in full compatibility for a minority of my users who refuse to move to the 21st century. Similar to how I don't support IE 6 in most of my projects.

Tom Marthenal
– Tom Marthenal

2012-09-01 17:26:31 +00:00
Commented Sep 1, 2012 at 17:26
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It's only profesional to support all use cases. If you missed it, that's alright, everyone errs once in a while, but neglecting them is a different problem. I'm all in for developing websites 100% WITHOUT JS, and after making it work, add the JS to streamline tasks and make the UX better.

Spidey
– Spidey

2012-11-10 23:20:27 +00:00
Commented Nov 10, 2012 at 23:20

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