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I first realised how heavy these pages are when I disabled javascript. Things load in the blink of an eye. \Most\ pages work and the web remains largely usable.

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Yes this is my experience as well, JavaScript is often the key antagonist. Unfortunately many websites require JavaScript to function

bbc.co.uk will load just fine without JS and actually be more enjoyable (IMO) than JS version.

cnn.com fails miserably without JS.

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