• @communism@lemmy.ml
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    172 months ago

    It’s not paranoid to complain about the unnecessity of javascript when all you want to do is read a public text post on a social media platform. I have javascript disabled on some browsers, and it’s annoying to have to whitelist a site that really shouldn’t need it.

    • Echo Dot
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      -52 months ago

      Isn’t it basically a fundamental underlying technology of the web I don’t understand how you can have it disabled and still be able to access modern websites.

      • @WhyJiffie@sh.itjust.works
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        102 months ago

        it isn’t. that is html and css, some would argue it’s html only.

        javascript is not needed to load a website. It’s useful for interaction, and needed to load content separately and dynamically. without it you get a mostly (but not totally) static document like in Office Word

        • asudox
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          02 months ago

          CSR exists. You know, WASM CSR websites rely on JS to manipulate the DOM.

          • @WhyJiffie@sh.itjust.works
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            1 month ago

            that does not mean javascript is essential, and mox’s point is still very valid.

            using WASM instead of JS is not better either. you simply don’t need any clientside executable code on a read-only view of a page