Tom Ha wrote: > Hi there, > > Rails has fantastic Javascript helpers, which I have immediately used > for my website.
Actually, Rails has terrible JS helpers: they encourage a poor style of programming where JS is mixed into HTML. Generally, this is not a good idea. > > Since some features of my website now rely 100% on Javascript being > enabled in the user's browser, I now need a way to either: > a) block the usage of the site when Javascript is disabled, or > b) display a very visible message that tells the user to enable > Javascript. The <noscript> tag will work, or you could have a message in the HTML that your JS code will remove. > > Has anybody good ideas for a plugin (or some other solution) to check if > Javascript is enabled and to then let the user know? > > (I know, a good programmer would let the site work without JS as well, > but currently, I'm not there yet...) Get there! Read about progressive enhancement. > > Thanks a bunch for any help with this! > Tom Best, -- Marnen Laibow-Koser http://www.marnen.org [email protected] -- Posted via http://www.ruby-forum.com/. --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Ruby on Rails: Talk" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rubyonrails-talk?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
