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As a web user, I wish fewer developers thought like you did.

The web is better without JavaScript. I can't wait until it is looked down upon as hamfisted and passé, as Flash is now.

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I don't think taking JS out of small UI pieces is a 'victory' for those who don't like JS, since the main engine behind the JS trend is building apps with 'native experience,' single page style apps, and that's a web development paradigm in itself centered on JS.

However I do believe JS will lose most of its popularity when web technology gets even faster. The slight performance boosts that JS gives you now - which is the predominant reason it's become so popular - won't matter as much; if things are so fast that you don't need an ajax architecture, you won't need front end JS frameworks.

Why is the web worse with javascript? I think one if the main reasons flash was bad because it's proprietary, whereas js isn't.

Also, you didn't address any of OP's points about the separation of styling and function.

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