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[vedantroy]

That just isn't possible. Javascript is necessary for many features in today's web.

[jazzyjackson → vedantroy]

It's actually super possible. Today's web is still 100% compatible with forms and cgi. I just signed into amazon with 2FA and checked out with javascript disabled. Healthcare.gov OTOH won't let me past the 'choose your state' drop down.

[baroffoos → jazzyjackson]

How would you make google maps without js?

[thecatspaw → baroffoos]

with page reloads. Sure, it wont be fast or feel good to use, but it is doable as a fallback.

[aaaaaaaaaaab → thecatspaw]

With “page reloads”, the horror!

You should try the dlang forums to see what can be achieved if you don’t fetch 2mbytes of JS from 5 different origins: https://forum.dlang.org

[azeotropic → vedantroy]

Like what? I run with JavaScript off whenever I can. Most of the time when I enable it to access a site, it's obvious the site could be made to work (for the visitor) without JavaScript.

[XCSme → azeotropic]

Like showing and managing the cookies consent pop-up :)