It'd be interesting to see the numbers on how many people disable JS these days
On 10/17/05, Ken Ferguson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Another thing to think about is how/why your users come to any given > site. If I have an ecommerce app into which I'm desparately trying to > pull as many people as possible, I'm highly unlikely to do anything that > might preclude anyone from efficiently using the site. However, if I > have a site that people are using because they need to use it, then > there's less of a problem requiring js or flash... > > --Ferg > > Bobby Hartsfield wrote: > > >Internally as you've said... I'd say, "Sorry, you need JS" > >To an extent, I would do it on many external sites as well. > > > >Sometimes budget doesn't give room to do two versions of specific > components > >so the client needs to decide which is more important to them. Global > >usability or flare for the masses. If budget does allow it, I usually > write > >2 versions. (provided that the site isn't dependant on something like > >milonic menu throughout anyway) > > > >Of course, you are already running blackboard (I feel for you) and users > >must have JS for 95% of that anyway so why not an intranet? > > > >On a different note, I found so many bugs in Blackboard, it wasn't even > >funny! SQL Injection heaven. > > > >You could mimic the data structure and half the code simply from error > >messages in that thing! > > > >..:.:.:.:.:.:.:.:.:.:.:.:.:.:. > >Bobby Hartsfield > >http://acoderslife.com > > > > > >-----Original Message----- > >From: Dawson, Michael [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > >Sent: Saturday, October 15, 2005 9:31 PM > >To: CF-Talk > >Subject: SOT: Thoughts on Requiring Javascript > > > >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 > > > > > > > > > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Logware (www.logware.us): a new and convenient web-based time tracking application. Start tracking and documenting hours spent on a project or with a client with Logware today. Try it for free with a 15 day trial account. http://www.houseoffusion.com/banners/view.cfm?bannerid=67 Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:4:221198 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
