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10 years ago, it might have been a good idea. Nowadays most parts of the internet (- at least some very popular parts -) have become almost unusable, or provide only a very restricted functionality, when disabling Javascript in the browser. So IMHO today you can expect your users to have Javascript enabled.

And there are lots of frameworks like JQuery to get around browser incompatibilities. IMHO there is no real reason today why you should restrict yourself by not using Javascript for your Website - only reason may be that you don't have any use for it.

EDIT: a different question is: If you should provide some minimal functionality of your web site when your visitors don't have JS enabled - that's mostly a good idea, for the reasons some of the commenters have pointed out.

EDIT2: surely for every web site, one has to find a balance between user-friendlyness, search-engine-friendlyness and development effort. IMHO today Javascript can help to improve that balance - if used wisely. Said that, I think there is no need to generally minimize Javascript usage today any more to keep that balance. Use it with care, and don't demonize it.

10 years ago, it might have been a good idea. Nowadays most parts of the internet (- at least some very popular parts -) have become almost unusable, or provide only a very restricted functionality, when disabling Javascript in the browser. So IMHO today you can expect your users to have Javascript enabled.

And there are lots of frameworks like JQuery to get around browser incompatibilities. IMHO there is no real reason today why you should restrict yourself by not using Javascript for your Website - only reason may be that you don't have any use for it.

EDIT: a different question is: If you should provide some minimal functionality of your web site when your visitors don't have JS enabled - that's mostly a good idea, for the reasons some of the commenters have pointed out.

EDIT2: surely for every web site, one has to find a balance between user-friendlyness, search-engine-friendlyness and development effort. IMHO today Javascript can help to improve that balance - if used wisely. Said that, I think there is no need to generally minimize Javascript usage today any more to keep that balance. Use it with care, and don't demonize it.

10 years ago, it might have been a good idea. Nowadays most parts of the internet (- at least some very popular parts -) have become almost unusable, or provide only a very restricted functionality, when disabling Javascript in the browser. So IMHO today you can expect your users to have Javascript enabled.

And there are lots of frameworks like JQuery to get around browser incompatibilities. IMHO there is no real reason today why you should restrict yourself by not using Javascript for your Website - only reason may be that you don't have any use for it.

EDIT: a different question is if you should provide some minimal functionality of your web site when your visitors don't have JS enabled - that's mostly a good idea, for the reasons some of the commenters have pointed out.

EDIT2: surely for every web site, one has to find a balance between user-friendlyness, search-engine-friendlyness and development effort. IMHO today Javascript can help to improve that balance - if used wisely. Said that, I think there is no need to generally minimize Javascript usage today any more to keep that balance. Use it with care, and don't demonize it.

10 years ago, it might have been a good idea. Nowadays most parts of the internet (- at least some very popular parts -) have become almost unusable, or provide only a very restricted functionality, when disabling Javascript in the browser. So IMHO today you can expect your users to have Javascript enabled.

And there are lots of frameworks like JQuery to get around browser incompatibilities. IMHO there is no real reason today why you should restrict yourself by not using Javascript for your Website - only reason may be that you don't have any use for it.

EDIT: a different question is: If you should provide some minimal functionality of your web site when your visitors don't have JS enabled - that's mostly a good idea, for the reasons some of the commenters have pointed out.

EDIT2: surely for every web site, one has to find a balance between user-friendlyness, search-engine-friendlyness and development effort. IMHO today Javascript can help to improve that balance - if used wisely. Said that, I think there is no need to generally minimize Javascript usage today any more to keep that balance. Use it with care, and don't demonize it.

10 years ago, it might have been a good idea. Nowadays most parts of the internet (- at least some very popular parts -) have become almost unusable, or provide only a very restricted functionality, when disabling Javascript in the browser. So IMHO today you can expect your users to have Javascript enabled.

And there are lots of frameworks like JQuery to get around browser incompatibilities. IMHO there is no real reason today why you should restrict yourself by not using Javascript for your Website - only reason may be that you don't have any use for it.

EDIT: a different question is if you should provide some minimal functionality of your web site when your visitors don't have JS enabled - that's mostly a good idea, for the reasons some of the commenters have pointed out.

10 years ago, it might have been a good idea. Nowadays most parts of the internet (- at least some very popular parts -) have become almost unusable, or provide only a very restricted functionality, when disabling Javascript in the browser. So IMHO today you can expect your users to have Javascript enabled.

And there are lots of frameworks like JQuery to get around browser incompatibilities. IMHO there is no real reason today why you should restrict yourself by not using Javascript for your Website - only reason may be that you don't have any use for it.

EDIT: a different question is if you should provide some minimal functionality of your web site when your visitors don't have JS enabled - that's mostly a good idea, for the reasons some of the commenters have pointed out.

EDIT2: surely for every web site, one has to find a balance between user-friendlyness, search-engine-friendlyness and development effort. IMHO today Javascript can help to improve that balance - if used wisely. Said that, I think there is no need to generally minimize Javascript usage today any more to keep that balance. Use it with care, and don't demonize it.