<p>Ibelievethewebwasbetterintheearly2000swhenexcessiveJavaScriptusagewasn't rampant like it is today. A simple web browser could be written, and the web was simple. This meant you didn'tneedtouseupallyourresourcestoloadasimplepage.Nowadays,developersarefartoolazytoputeffortintooptimizingtheirwebsites,andinsteadresorttousingmanylinesofJavaScripttoaccomplishataskwhichdoesn't require JavaScript, and this JavaScript almost always requires a bloated web browser to function, which also requires a powerful computer as a result. I think this is unacceptable, and most people having modern computers does not justify having layers on top of layers of bloatware. A simple test, one that all websites should pass is what I call the "links test". The page must be usable in the command line browser <code>links</code>. If it is not, and it'spossibletofixtheissuethenyourwebsitesucks.</p>
<p>BeyondJavaScriptbeingbloatedbydesign,itisoftenobfuscatedtosavediskspaceandbandwidth,butasaresultitispossibleto<ahref="https://www.gnu.org/philosophy/javascript-trap.html">hidemaliciousfeatures</a>inthescript,knowingthatmostpeoplearenotgoingtounderstandit,andevenexperiencedJavaScriptdeveloperswillfinditdifficulttoreadbecauseit's obfuscated. This is not just a theory either, companies like Google, Microsoft, Amazon and Apple all do this to spy on you. With no JavaScript, this just isn'tpossibleandtheonlyrealinformationonecanusetotrackyouisyourIPaddressandyouruseragentstring,whichonlyreallytellyouwhatoperatingsystemandbrowserversionisused.</p>