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0 pointscatalogia6y ago0 comments

"Expect" is a word that has different meanings depending on the context: https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/expect

> To predict or believe that something will happen

In this sense, I do not expect most websites to work without javascript.

> To consider obligatory or required.

In this sense, I do expect most websites to work without javascript. At the very least, for accessibility reasons.

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cassiet6y ago· 2 in thread

You can expect all you want, I expect you’ll be disappointed. The goal to keep the web in that languid state is of the same ilk of the buggy whip. It’ll have archaic use cases, but the numbers won’t make sense for a lot of if not most future endeavours.

catalogiaOP6y ago

Opine all you like, it won't stop us from raising a stink about inaccessible websites.

alkonaut6y ago

Inaccessible sites as in doesn’t work with screen readers and similar? You can make websites using js and still conform to accessibility standards (wcag etc). Just like you can make inaccessible websites without js.

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