While I cannot speak for anyone else, I rarely ever use JavaScript and my "user experience" not at all "degraded". The browser I use, along with netcat, tcpclient, etc., does not even support JavaScript.
The only exceptions are when sites force use of JavaScript. Curiously, often these are sites where money is involved, e.g., banks, merchants, etc. I guess JavaScript makes things safer in those cases? Then one of the popular high complexity (and high security of course) browsers becomes necessary.
Perhaps it is because the type of content I consume is just reading material, listening material or viewing material. Each of which I can usually download and view with a dedicated application, if I so choose.
I used to think JavaScript might become unavoidable for the user and I spent time thinking about how to accomodate it. I often pondered how search engines would cope with it as well. But over the years I have changed my mind; I do not spend any time worrying about JavaScript as a barrier to content.
JavaScript can be a nuisance for non-interactive www usage but, at least in my experience, with some effort this impediment can be overcome. Whether the "user" is a nerd using nc or Googlebot.
Do you think 1000 years from now there will still be one group of people working to make the www more "interactive" and another group of people working to make the www more "machine readable", the later undoing the work of the former?
The only exceptions are when sites force use of JavaScript. Curiously, often these are sites where money is involved, e.g., banks, merchants, etc. I guess JavaScript makes things safer in those cases? Then one of the popular high complexity (and high security of course) browsers becomes necessary.
Perhaps it is because the type of content I consume is just reading material, listening material or viewing material. Each of which I can usually download and view with a dedicated application, if I so choose.
I used to think JavaScript might become unavoidable for the user and I spent time thinking about how to accomodate it. I often pondered how search engines would cope with it as well. But over the years I have changed my mind; I do not spend any time worrying about JavaScript as a barrier to content.
JavaScript can be a nuisance for non-interactive www usage but, at least in my experience, with some effort this impediment can be overcome. Whether the "user" is a nerd using nc or Googlebot.
Do you think 1000 years from now there will still be one group of people working to make the www more "interactive" and another group of people working to make the www more "machine readable", the later undoing the work of the former?