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> The web IS javascript driven

I think the idea that you need Javascript to drive a page designed to show an article consisting of text and images is probably worth questioning. Maybe you do, I don't know. But I think you should at least think about instead of falling back on the idea that the web is Javascript-driven.

You (probably) won't be benefiting the people without Javascript because hopefully your page works for them anyway. (Astoundingly, some simple article-type pages do not.) You will be benefiting yourself and almost all users because, without JS, your site will load faster and (often as not on really JS-heavy websites) scroll faster.

If you're creating a webapp, sure, you'd be crazy not to use Javascript.

But it's insane that Internet comment threads or text-based articles can drive yy i7 to 100% usage.




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