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.
Not using JavaScript doesn’t ensure an accessible site or app.
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.
And who has to maintain it, not you?
Can’t wait for the law to slap you in the face someday.