Earlier this week, I wrote about how I’m building a UI library for people who love HTML. I also published a YouTube video about it.
I got a lot of excited responses and comments about it, but also a noteworthy handful asking something along the lines of this…
People should not be prioritizing no-JS users. No one turns off JavaScript.
Today, I wanted to talk about why that’s wrong, and why you should care about the no-JS experience.
What % are we talking about? 50%, 25%, 10%, 1%, 0.1%? People make choices, but those are their choices. I need to get the job done and I can’t cater to everyone’s needs.
Forget about your job for a moment. In general, why are you willing to set a threshold on how accessible your work is? I urge you to forget about how callous your employer wants you to be.
You call people callous for using js? 😂 Sorry, I’m not interested in a conversation with a fanatic because that kind of arguments have zero value.
Not using JavaScript doesn’t ensure an accessible site or app.
And who has to maintain it, not you?
Can’t wait for the law to slap you in the face someday.