JavaScript considered harmful (was Re: New online index to Beazley's tutorials)

[Aahz Maruch]

In article <Stm_7.1650$58.1549416 at newssrv26.news.prodigy.com>,
dsavitsk <dsavitsk at e-coli.net> wrote:
>
>not quite right.  every site that the user pays for as a service should
>provide a usable interface or be willing to give a refund.  browsers are
>free. you can download a more up to date one from www.mozilla.org. 'jeery c'
>was more than gracious with his time.  if a user is unwilling to enable
>javascript, that user does not *deserve* a javascript free version.  if a
>non-javascript user wants to create a competing version, they are free to do
>so, but it seems unfair to demand it of others.
>
>you may do it all the time, but as a professional, you are paid to make your
>interface usable to a particular client.  jerry c seems to have invested a
>huge amount of time, and he made a nice index.  feel free to improve it
>yourself, or to ask him nicely, but suggesting that he *should* have done
>anything seems wrong.

While you have a point in some senses, campaigning against JavaScript --
particularly poor usage of JavaScript -- is always a Good Thing.  See
http://www.rahul.net/aahz/javascript.html
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