Comments on: JavaScript is now “Standard” http://wordsoftheweb.com/2009/12/javascript-is-now-standard/ Wed, 28 Jul 2010 19:04:12 -0400 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 hourly 1 By: Bruce http://wordsoftheweb.com/2009/12/javascript-is-now-standard/comment-page-1/#comment-87 Bruce Wed, 19 May 2010 16:29:32 +0000 http://wordsoftheweb.com/?p=231#comment-87 Facebook is a bad example, very few website owners can or should compare themselves to a company/site like that simply because they're worlds apart. Judgments on your site technology support should be made on an individual basis depending on the site and its visitors. If like me you work with very corporate companies where JS is all too likely to be disabled by a paranoid sys admins (and IE is used by 90%+ users… *sigh*) then it would be foolish not to make sure the site works with JS disabled. As I have already mentioned on Twatter as far as I'm concerned Javascript should — in most cases — be used as a layer to enhance content, just like CSS. Relying on JS for vital elements of a site such as its content is to rely on yet another technology, another possible weak spot. Of course if 98% of your visitors have JS enabled then go crazy all you like with it! :) Facebook is a bad example, very few website owners can or should compare themselves to a company/site like that simply because they’re worlds apart.

Judgments on your site technology support should be made on an individual basis depending on the site and its visitors. If like me you work with very corporate companies where JS is all too likely to be disabled by a paranoid sys admins (and IE is used by 90%+ users… *sigh*) then it would be foolish not to make sure the site works with JS disabled.

As I have already mentioned on Twatter as far as I’m concerned Javascript should — in most cases — be used as a layer to enhance content, just like CSS. Relying on JS for vital elements of a site such as its content is to rely on yet another technology, another possible weak spot.

Of course if 98% of your visitors have JS enabled then go crazy all you like with it! :)

]]> By: abstract art http://wordsoftheweb.com/2009/12/javascript-is-now-standard/comment-page-1/#comment-84 abstract art Sat, 01 May 2010 08:07:01 +0000 http://wordsoftheweb.com/?p=231#comment-84 I enjoyed checking out your blog today and I will be back to check it more in the future so please keep up your good quality work. I love the colors that you chose, you are quite talented! I enjoyed checking out your blog today and I will be back to check it more in the future so please keep up your good quality work. I love the colors that you chose, you are quite talented!

]]> By: Paul Sham http://wordsoftheweb.com/2009/12/javascript-is-now-standard/comment-page-1/#comment-76 Paul Sham Thu, 03 Dec 2009 01:57:16 +0000 http://wordsoftheweb.com/?p=231#comment-76 "it has been agreed" makes it sound like there is some overarching consensus about it. You should have said "we agreed". Anyways, that's just a minor thing. I still agree with Ryan in that your website should not rely on Javascript. At the very least, include some noscript tags. At best, make your sites degrade nicely. “it has been agreed” makes it sound like there is some overarching consensus about it. You should have said “we agreed”. Anyways, that’s just a minor thing.

I still agree with Ryan in that your website should not rely on Javascript. At the very least, include some noscript tags. At best, make your sites degrade nicely.

]]> By: Ryan http://wordsoftheweb.com/2009/12/javascript-is-now-standard/comment-page-1/#comment-75 Ryan Wed, 02 Dec 2009 23:54:32 +0000 http://wordsoftheweb.com/?p=231#comment-75 Ah ok :) Ah ok :)

]]> By: Carson http://wordsoftheweb.com/2009/12/javascript-is-now-standard/comment-page-1/#comment-74 Carson Wed, 02 Dec 2009 23:29:09 +0000 http://wordsoftheweb.com/?p=231#comment-74 I agree, Ryan, that corporate company websites don't need JavaScript. By no means am I saying that every site should use it. My argument, as you mention in your last line, is that such a large percentage of users do have it enabled that JavaScript should not be seen as something that must be used as cautiously as people may seem. I agree, Ryan, that corporate company websites don’t need JavaScript. By no means am I saying that every site should use it.
My argument, as you mention in your last line, is that such a large percentage of users do have it enabled that JavaScript should not be seen as something that must be used as cautiously as people may seem.

]]> By: Ryan http://wordsoftheweb.com/2009/12/javascript-is-now-standard/comment-page-1/#comment-73 Ryan Wed, 02 Dec 2009 23:19:34 +0000 http://wordsoftheweb.com/?p=231#comment-73 Facebook is a bad example, very few website owners can or should compare themselves to a company/site like that simply because they're worlds apart. Judgments on your site technology support should be made on an individual basis depending on the site and its visitors. If like me you work with very corporate companies where JS is all too likely to be disabled by a paranoid sys admins (and IE is used by 90%+ users… *sigh*) then it would be foolish not to make sure the site works with JS disabled. As I have already mentioned on Twatter as far as I'm concerned Javascript should — in most cases — be used as a layer to enhance content, just like CSS. Relying on JS for vital elements of a site such as its content is to rely on yet another technology, another possible weak spot. Of course if 98% of your visitors have JS enabled then go crazy all you like with it! :) Facebook is a bad example, very few website owners can or should compare themselves to a company/site like that simply because they’re worlds apart.

Judgments on your site technology support should be made on an individual basis depending on the site and its visitors. If like me you work with very corporate companies where JS is all too likely to be disabled by a paranoid sys admins (and IE is used by 90%+ users… *sigh*) then it would be foolish not to make sure the site works with JS disabled.

As I have already mentioned on Twatter as far as I’m concerned Javascript should — in most cases — be used as a layer to enhance content, just like CSS. Relying on JS for vital elements of a site such as its content is to rely on yet another technology, another possible weak spot.

Of course if 98% of your visitors have JS enabled then go crazy all you like with it! :)

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