"Do we need all this JS?"
I know at least one user who is asking this same question. He does not believe it is needed.
Is it possible that "what users want" and what developers want may be two different things? Could developers have wants that are unique to developers?
Purely anecdotal but I do not know any fellow users who "want javascript". I know many who do not want a number of common annoyances though. And I know these hassles are in many cases enabled via javascript.
The tactic leveraged against users is to tell them they need javascript for some thing to work. Then users want it. But I think really they just want the thing to work. They have no particular affection for javascript, let alone any knowledge of why they need it.
One thing I have observed over the years the web has existed early 1990's to today is that users can adapt to anything. Whether it was learning keyboard shortcuts on the console and using text-only programs like Pine, or running www searches that took minutes to finish, or communicating with 140 characters or less, or working with tiny touchscreens and horribly slow web pages and mobile apps. Many more examples if I gave it some more thought. From what I have seen, users accept what they are given and find a way to make it work.
I know at least one user who is asking this same question. He does not believe it is needed.
Is it possible that "what users want" and what developers want may be two different things? Could developers have wants that are unique to developers?
Purely anecdotal but I do not know any fellow users who "want javascript". I know many who do not want a number of common annoyances though. And I know these hassles are in many cases enabled via javascript.
The tactic leveraged against users is to tell them they need javascript for some thing to work. Then users want it. But I think really they just want the thing to work. They have no particular affection for javascript, let alone any knowledge of why they need it.
One thing I have observed over the years the web has existed early 1990's to today is that users can adapt to anything. Whether it was learning keyboard shortcuts on the console and using text-only programs like Pine, or running www searches that took minutes to finish, or communicating with 140 characters or less, or working with tiny touchscreens and horribly slow web pages and mobile apps. Many more examples if I gave it some more thought. From what I have seen, users accept what they are given and find a way to make it work.