Most of the NZ Parliament web pages consist of text, links and... that's it;

https://bills.parliament.nz/v/2/fbbb3fcc-4eb6-4d7f-39a8-08dea63eeea9

Except for the logos of 4 predatory social media platforms (which should never have been there), there's not even much in the way of images. This could and should to be a simple static site; HTML and CSS, no JavaScript required.

Instead, it's not only serving a bunch of JS from its own domain, but also 2 Goggle domains, a CDN, and unpkg.com. Why?

#MakeJavaScriptOptional! Especially in #GovtIT

@kidlightbulbs FYI when I browse unstream.stream with JS turned off, I see a blank page. Are you familiar with HDA?

https://hda.daz.is/architecture/

#MakeJavaScriptOptional!

I just tried to volunteer for the repair cafe in The Tron, and I this experience all over again;

https://community.iridescent.nz/t/how-do-we-get-people-to-build-proper-websites-if-tech-rights-groups-dont/

I fought my way through a thicket of 3rd-party domains serving proprietary JS, and then had to do a bunch of unpaid MOLE Training for Goggle in order to submit the contact form. In the end it seemed to have submitted, but I got no feedback confirming that.

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#MakeJavaScriptOptional #RepairCafes #RepairCafeAotearoa #HDA

Before BorgSoft bought GH, it was possible to see all text and images in public repos without logging in or running their JS.

@redstarfish
> So, I would say lack of awareness

If GH had always been that way, maybe. But changing it to be that way? That strongly suggests it's intentional. A way to force people to run their JS, which is exactly the opposite of the direction the web needs to be going in.

#MakeJavaScriptOptional!

A reminder that if I browse your "website" with JavaScript turned off, and it doesn't at least show me text, images, basic CSS layout, and working links, it's *not a website*. If you put stuff up on a web address, please make sure there's a website there.

#MakeJavaScriptOptional

I'm trying to archive a web page on FarceBook using archive.is, using a mobile browser and a cell network connection. So far it's taken at least half an hour and it's still going. WTF?!

All I want to see is the text and maybe the images FFS. #MakeJavaScriptOptional!

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#Meta #FaceBook #WebBloat #WebArchiving

"The web used to be a wonderful way to share information.

Web apps and mandatory JavaScript have turned it into the worst app store.

It is time to separate the WWWonderful from the WWWorst practices."

[email protected]

https://www.gnu.org/philosophy/wwworst-app-store

#MakeJavaScriptOptional!

When modern web browsers encounter a website served only over HTTP (not HTTPS), they stonewall the person browsing with an error page. I really wish that they'd just browse the page with JavaScript off, and give an error message saying so.

Bonus points for extracting at least the text, links, and images, from sites that depend on JS to display those. But really, people shouldn't ever make sites like that, what I call "j-sites"

#MakeJavaScriptOptional!

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#HTTPS #UX #

I accidentally archived a copy of the 404 error page on GritHub;

https://archive.is/RZroy

As it processed, I was marvelling at the amount of JavaScript my browser has to load, just to tell me GritHub can't find the page I'm looking for.

#MakeJavaScriptOptional!