On Mon, 12 Mar 2012 17:19:49 -0400, Era Scarecrow <[email protected]>
wrote:
Apparently not.
http://developer.yahoo.com/blogs/ydn/posts/2010/10/how-many-users-have-javascript-disabled/
I'm perfectly willing to give up on 1-2% of Internet users who have JS
disabled.
I use NoScript, so by default my JS is disabled for 99% of the sites I
go to. That means you'll give up on me? Hmm :(
Yep. Sorry to be harsh about it, but if you really don't want to use my
application the way it's intended, I have no way of helping you.
No, it *is* the point. As a web developer, javascript is used by the
vast majority of users, so I assume it can be used. If you don't like
that, I guess that's too bad for you, you may go find content
elsewhere. It's not worth my time to cater to you.
Unfortunately I need to disagree with you there. JS although is nice
sometimes, I find more often a pain in the butt rather than a help.
NoScript shows on quite a few sites that they have some 10 or 20 sites
they reference JS scripts from, which doesn't make sense. half of those
sites tend to be statistic gathering sites, which I don't particularly
trust. Actually I don't trust a lot of sites.
In the case of my web apps, they do *not* pull JS from other sites. I
understand and sympathize with your rationale. It's just not enough,
however, to make web developers who want their site to appear a certain
way care about the market share that your opinion represents. I'm
perfectly willing to lose 1-2% of users in order to *not* test browsers in
all kinds of weird configurations. It's the same reason most web sites
test only with the major browsers.
It's like saying you think cell phones are evil, and refuse to get
one. But then complain that there are no pay phones for you to use,
and demand businesses install pay phones in case people like you want
to use them.
Maybe... I consider myself simple and practical; I use features and
items that serve their purpose (Usually specific). I enjoy a simple cell
phone, no bells, no whistles. Give me access to dialing a number, hold a
small list of names and numbers I dial recently or enter in, time and
date. That's all I ever want. Instead they are pushing cell phones that
are actually mini-computers (Android and smart phones); Nothing wrong
with that I guess, but I just want a phone, nothing special.
In the same regard you can compare that people could refuse to use a
phone booth unless it has a computer hooked up, internet access, use it
to check email and browse while you talk, or doesn't allow you to send
text messages and enter a quarter to send it, and doesn't have a camera
you can snap a picture of yourself to show how good or drunk you are to
your friends.
This situation (where payphones were obsolete) existed long before the
smartphone craze.
-Steve
