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The "basic" stuff should work without Javascript, but I don't expect much else.

If you need Javascript to display text on your page there is something seriously wrong with how you program. (And yes, I've seen sites like that.)

If you need Javascript for something as simple as submitting a form, then <shrug>, it doesn't really matter these days.

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Just to be precise: If you need Javascript for something as simple as submitting a form, then there is also most likely something seriously wrong with how you program – unless you are using a HTTP method that is not GET or POST.

No, that isn't true.

If your site is AJAX everywhere then adding fallbacks for regular forms is possible, yet a waste of development time. So I don't hold it against developers.

In contrast there is almost never a reason to render text with Javascript (with certain exceptions).

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