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On 12/05/2012 1:30 AM, javax.swing.JSnarker wrote:
> On 11/05/2012 12:41 PM, Gene Wirchenko wrote:
>> <bcd@pvv.ntnu.no> wrote:
>>> Personally, if someone expects me to spend my time on their website
>>> they better provide a compelling reason for me to want to do so, and
>>> gratuitous dependence on JS just puts me off. In general I consider it
>>> a good early indicator of a terrible web designer: "You need JS to
>>> click this link", right so this guy taught himself web design in his
>>> own dreams.
>>
>> Exactly. Except that the JS-to-click design might also be due to
>> a gratuitous complexity bug (in the coder).
>
> I'm convinced that in most cases it's deliberate: punish users who
> disable JS and force them to turn it on so they can be harassed with
> annoying animated JS-reliant ads and crap.

And so they can be tracked!