I've never supported non-JS. Cross browser JS, yes, but building a non-JS version...? Then what? A version that works in Netscape 2? Maybe a Lynx only version? There comes a point when you can't cater to the lowest common denominator.
IMO, JS is pretty darn common place. Those afraid of JS and cookies should probably stick to sneaker net and snail mail :) On 10/15/05, Dawson, Michael <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > I'm interested in what you think of requiring JS for a web site. What > is the current mentality on JS? I know that to use Gmail, Google Maps > and, in our case, Blackboard Learning System, you must enable JS. > > I would love to get more into AJAX to make my pages easier to build and > use, but I'm afraid I may alienate some people. I will say, that as an > educational institution, we have some people that will disable JS, but > it should be a minimal amount. > > Let's say that I do require an extensive amount of JS on my site (it > will be an intranet), then how far do I go to support non-JS users? > Let's also say I create a form that lets me look up a user based on > their ID number, name or email address. AJAX will make this task very > easy. > > However, if a person disables JS, should I bother to create a non-JS > version of the page? > > I'm just curious in how far you go to require JS and, if you do, do you > give an alternative other than "Sorry, this page requires javascript"? > > Thanks > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Discover CFTicket - The leading ColdFusion Help Desk and Trouble Ticket application http://www.houseoffusion.com/banners/view.cfm?bannerid=48 Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:4:221174 Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/threads.cfm/4 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=s:4 Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.4 Donations & Support: http://www.houseoffusion.com/tiny.cfm/54
