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Re: considering that javascript could be disabled?

From: Laurie Harper <laurie_at_holoweb.net>
Date: Thu, 5 Apr 2007 04:16:53 -0400

On 4-Apr-07, at 12:34 PM, Mary Lautman wrote:
> In discussing this (in the past), we've tried to understand
> situations in which a user would require javascript to be disabled.
> If you can share situations in which javascript would be disabled,
> that'd be helpful.

How about some obvious ones:

- user agent is a legacy browser with limited-to-no Javascript
capability
- user agent is a robot, e.g. search engine indexer
- user agent is a mobile device with limited capabilities
- user agent is a screen reader (e.g. Jaws)
- user agent is a HTML-to-Braill renderer
- corporate IT has enforced a no-Javascript policy for security

It's not always the user's choice...

L.